Pfizer has given its forecast of when will it end to the COVID pandemic. According to the American pharmaceutical company this won’t happen until 2024. In addition, it has reported that your vaccination for children between the ages of 2 and 5 has been delayed by generating an immune response less than expected.
Mikael Dolsten, scientific director of the pharmaceutical company, has explained in a presentation to its investors that the company hopes that some regions continue to have pandemic levels of COVID for another year or two, while others will become “endemic” with a low and manageable number of cases in the same period.
Nevertheless, it will not be until 2024 when the pandemic becomes endemic worldwide, as Pfizer has pointed out. “When and how exactly this happens will depend on the course of the disease, how well society implements vaccines and treatments, and equitable distribution in places where vaccination rates are low“, Dolsten indicated.
Vaccine for the little ones
The pharmaceutical company has also recognized that the double-dose vaccine it has developed not effective in studies they have done for children between the ages of 2 and 5. For this reason, they intend to administer three doses in order to increase their effectiveness, a third injection that will be inoculated two months after the second “to provide high levels of protection in this child group“.
On the other hand, in children 6-24 months, the low-dose version of the vaccine has generated a similar immune response older vaccine recipients. If this greater effectiveness of the third dose is demonstrated, Pfizer will transfer the formula to the regulatory agencies in early 2022 for approval “an emergency use authorization“.
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