Children are already vaccinated in the UK –
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Experts still disagree on how children will affect the pandemic.
03.09.2020
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Experts still disagree on how children will affect the pandemic.
03.09.2020
Photo: Bildagentur Muehlanger via www.imago-images.de, NN
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Again Spiegel reports, a trial of AstraZeneca’s vaccine is starting in the UK in children between the ages of six and 17. 300 children should make the start. For the parents – whose consent is the prerequisite – the decision is likely to be a difficult trade-off, according to the news magazine. On the one hand, your children could be the first to receive long-term protection against the coronavirus, on the other hand, the agent has not yet been tested on children.
Risk for the little ones – rarely but possible
For those responsible for the study, which is now starting, the advantage is obvious: “We could give children immunity and possibly strengthen them with an additional boost until the end of their lives,” said Sara Gilbert from Oxford University Timeswhose research team helped develop the vaccine and is now also supervising the study with children.
