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Kids have vaccines at 2 months, 6 months, 1 year and 5 years. Considering that the initial schedule of 2 doses in a month was kinda rushed, and that Israel is
by bonzini 5y ago
Kids have vaccines at 2 months, 6 months, 1 year and 5 years.
Considering that the initial schedule of 2 doses in a month was kinda rushed, and that Israel is not proceeding with a fourth dose because the current wave has been manageable despite the very high number of cases, it seems very unlikely that COVID will need periodic boosters in the general population.
- dahfizz 5y agoMy understanding is that is because they are children, so the doses are much lower. DTAP, for example, is one of the vaccines that kids need. It has a 5 dose schedule. But, an adult that was never vaccinated can get one shot of Tdap instead. Notably, the DTAP vaccine is 71% effective after 5 years[1]. Compare to the covid vaccine being 38% after 6 months[2]. [1]https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/dtap-tdap-td/hcp/about-vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/dtap-tdap-td/hcp/about-vacc... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e3.htm?s_cid=mm7104e3_x#T2_down https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e3.htm?s_cid=mm...