N.Y. health officials find COVID shots for kids virtually ineffective
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was found to be only 12% effective for children ages 5 to 11 in a study by New York state officials.
The New York State Department of Health found that the effectiveness of Pfizer’s vaccine against COVID infection plummeted from 68% to 12% during the omicron surge from Dec. 13 through Jan 24. Protection against hospitalization dropped from 100% to 48% during the same period, CNBC reported.
“There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine for children, particularly those 5-11 years and after the Omicron variant’s emergence,” the authors state in the abstract.
Last month, Pfizer postponed its application for emergency FDA approval of vaccines for children under the age of 5 after data on the first two doses did not meet expectations. The FDA is awaiting clinical trial data on a third dose for the youngest age group. – READ MORE
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