{"id":42642,"date":"2022-02-15T07:06:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T12:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=42642"},"modified":"2022-02-15T07:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T12:06:44","slug":"pfizer-vaccine-for-children-under-5-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/pfizer-vaccine-for-children-under-5-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer Vaccine for Children Under 5 On Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36852\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-health-department-releases-statement-on-covid-19-vaccines\/vaccine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/vaccine.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vaccine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/vaccine.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/vaccine.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-36852\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/vaccine.jpg?resize=375%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/vaccine.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/vaccine.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The <strong>Pfizer<\/strong> <strong>COVID-19 vaccine<\/strong> for children under 5 is on hold.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reports that following &#8220;new data,&#8221; the <strong>U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/strong> has postponed a Tuesday meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee that would have gone over data from vaccine trials and made a recommendation on whether a two-dose vaccine regimen should be authorized.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer and BioNTech had filed a request with the FDA in early February for an emergency use authorization of their vaccine in children 6 months to 5 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post reported the data supported the safety of the vaccines but showed disappointing effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>FDA&#8217;s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Dr. <strong>Peter Marks<\/strong> said the agency needs to see data from an on-going trial of a third vaccine dose in these younger children in order to move forward with emergency use authorization.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that they expect to have data on three doses available in early April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 is on hold. 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