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My 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 s
by dahfizz 5y ago
My 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...