COVID-19 Update: Child COVID Vaccine Q&A

By Elizabeth Allen
May 27, 2021
COVID-19 Update: Child COVID Vaccine Q&A

00:00 - Does the COVID-19 vaccine pose any special safety concerns for children?
00:27 - What age groups are being studied now for the COVID-19 vaccine?
00:46 - What was it like to have your own daughter in a COVID-19 vaccine trial?
1:48 - How have kids responded to the COVID-19 vaccine in studies?
2:09 - If children don’t tend to get as sick, why vaccinate them?
2:58 - Could children develop new variants of COVID-19?
3:18 - How might getting a vaccine support a child’s mental health?
4:02 - What is Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)?
4:28 - Have you treated any children who have been hospitalized with MIS-C?
5:23 - What are we seeing now, and what do we know about the long-term effects of COVID-19 in children?


Experts
  1. Mandie Svatek, MD
    Mandie Svatek, MD
    Hospital Medicine
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