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COVID Vaccines Are Finally Being Recommended for Kids Ages 5-11 in The U.S.
The CDC’s advisory panel voted today to recommend Pfizer’s pediatric COVID vaccine for all children ages 5 to 11. That recommendation comes with the endorsement of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, who all read statements at…
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Why You Need to Stop Assuming We’ll All Get COVID
1When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, in late 2019 and early 2020, there was a thought that maybe we could contain it — isolate the people who were sick, trace their contacts, and put them in quarantine, and the disease wouldn’t be able to spread. Other emerging diseases had fizzled out in the past, like…
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How Vaccine Side Effects Compare to COVID Symptoms
The COVID-19 vaccines have become somewhat notorious for their side effects: fatigue, sore arm, maybe a fever. In a few rare cases, there are more serious complications, like inflammation of the heart. So is it riskier to get a vaccine or to take your chances with COVID itself?
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How Long Does Immunity From the COVID Vaccines Last?
If you’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you’ve probably breathed a sigh of relief. But how long can you expect that feeling to last? The U.S. CDC has yet to hazard a guess as to the durability of post-vaccine immunity on their website, but a few studies have given us some clues.