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COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review: Interpretive Summary for July 8, 2022
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July 8, 2022
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Alternative Title:The Best Defense
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Description:Interpretive Summary for July 8, 2022
The Best Defense
Twenty million more children became eligible for COVID-19 vaccination on June 18, when CDC expanded recommendations to include children ages 6 months through 5 years. CDC now recommends COVID-19 primary series vaccines for everyone ages 6 months and older and COVID-19 boosters for everyone ages 5 years and older, if eligible. CDC’s COVID Data Tracker shows that over 267,000 children in this youngest age group have received at least one dose of either the three-dose pediatric Pfizer vaccine or the two-dose pediatric Moderna vaccine since June 18. Over 654,000 children ages 5 to 11 years have received a booster.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and continue to undergo the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history. Not all places that offer adult vaccines, like pharmacies, are able to vaccinate young children. COVID-19 vaccines for young children are primarily administered at health departments and pediatrician offices, so it’s always a good idea to call ahead to schedule an appointment.
Vaccinating everyone ages 6 months and older is the best defense against serious illness, hospitalization, and death related to COVID-19. Even healthy children without underlying medical conditions can get severe COVID-19 or suffer from long-term health complications after recovering from COVID-19. To find COVID-19 vaccines for children, parents and caregivers can talk to a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, call the local health department or clinic, or visit vaccines.gov.
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