EU health officials give green light to coronavirus vaccines for very young children. Experts believe that this could cause serious ethical controversy.
The European Union approved vaccines against coronavirus for children over 6 months old, produced by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna. This comes amid concerns about a new rising wave of infections this winter. At the same time, the UK authorities have so far refrained from approving these vaccinations for babies, despite pressure from doctors. It is still not certain that the benefits of these vaccines outweigh any potential risks.
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Children rarely become seriously ill with coronavirus, in addition, according to widespread information, many children have long been ill with covid and have gained natural immunity. The European Medical Agency did make a similar decision, but it claims that doses for babies will be more gentle.
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For example, Pfizer's younger age group vaccine will have a dosage of 3mcg, while for adults it will be 10 times higher. Older children will be offered a dose of 10 micrograms. At the same time, in the vaccine from Moderna, the dosage will be increased to 25 mcg, which corresponds to half the dose received by older children and a quarter of the dose approved for adults. (READ MORE)
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