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*Approved for individuals age 60 and older.

by tikkun 3y ago

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hammock 3y ago
Why is it approved only for 60 years and older? Is it because of the fatal brain swelling and Guillain Barre syndrome side effects? I would like to give this to my expectant wife and 2 year old child
- icegreentea2 3y ago
  GSK only registered for 60+ in their trial. Most likely because the clinical endpoints are more significant/easier to measure, and also because the safety trade-off is more weighted towards intervention.
  - dgacmu 3y ago
    To GP, I'm sorry your family isn't eligible yet. Pfizer has an in-progress vaccine for which they had good phase 3 results in both older adults and expectant mothers (looking at the outcomes for the infants once born). Their FDA application is in progress and miiiight be done by summer: https://www.health.com/rsv-vaccine-for-pregnant-moms-approval-7185422 https://www.health.com/rsv-vaccine-for-pregnant-moms-approva... Fingers crossed for y'all. It would be awesome to remove RSV from the things you have to worry about as a new parent. (We had a pretty nasty case with our first. Didn't end up in the hospital but it was really close.)
- treeman79 3y ago
  Wife still hasn’t recovered from Covid shot. Injection Arm double the size of other arm.
  - amanaplanacanal 3y ago
    Wow! Was this the first shot, second shot, or a booster?
  - astrange 3y ago
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- NeuroCoder 3y ago
  I don't know the specifics in this situation but I work at a university where vaccines are actively developed (for many things). Unless there's a significant financial push, administration to children lags far behind to ensure that random autoimmune complications with vaccine are far below the risks of catching the virus and having a serious reaction. Also, you can pretty much anticipate pregnant women will be the last two be approved for anything. Pregnancy complications are common enough that no one wants to mess with that whole situation until you're certain you won't have cross antigen reactivity in the host

*Approved for individuals age 60 and older.

by tikkun 3y ago

*Approved for individuals age 60 and older.

deleted 3y ago

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hammock 3y ago

Why is it approved only for 60 years and older? Is it because of the fatal brain swelling and Guillain Barre syndrome side effects? I would like to give this to my expectant wife and 2 year old child

icegreentea2 3y ago
GSK only registered for 60+ in their trial. Most likely because the clinical endpoints are more significant/easier to measure, and also because the safety trade-off is more weighted towards intervention.
- dgacmu 3y ago
  To GP, I'm sorry your family isn't eligible yet. Pfizer has an in-progress vaccine for which they had good phase 3 results in both older adults and expectant mothers (looking at the outcomes for the infants once born). Their FDA application is in progress and miiiight be done by summer: https://www.health.com/rsv-vaccine-for-pregnant-moms-approval-7185422 https://www.health.com/rsv-vaccine-for-pregnant-moms-approva... Fingers crossed for y'all. It would be awesome to remove RSV from the things you have to worry about as a new parent. (We had a pretty nasty case with our first. Didn't end up in the hospital but it was really close.)
treeman79 3y ago
Wife still hasn’t recovered from Covid shot. Injection Arm double the size of other arm.
- amanaplanacanal 3y ago
  Wow! Was this the first shot, second shot, or a booster?
- astrange 3y ago
  [flagged]
NeuroCoder 3y ago
I don't know the specifics in this situation but I work at a university where vaccines are actively developed (for many things). Unless there's a significant financial push, administration to children lags far behind to ensure that random autoimmune complications with vaccine are far below the risks of catching the virus and having a serious reaction. Also, you can pretty much anticipate pregnant women will be the last two be approved for anything. Pregnancy complications are common enough that no one wants to mess with that whole situation until you're certain you won't have cross antigen reactivity in the host