>>> PARNGTS PARENTS ARE
CONCERNED AS COVID CASES ARE
RAMPING UP.
CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11
SIGNIFICANTLY RAISE ANTIBODIES
IN CHILDREN 5 TO 11 YEARS OLD.
DR. PATELL, IT GREAT TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
THE PFIZER BOOSTER FOR CHILDREN
ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN
AS YOUNG AS 12.
THIS WOULD EXPAND IT TO 5 TO 11.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS NEW DATA?
COULD THAT BOOSTER BE APPROVED
SOON FOR YOUNG AREER CHILDREN?
>> THIS IS A SMALL SET OF DATA
BUT IMPORTANT ENOUGH.
THIS IS FOR 5 TO 11.
IT WAS A BOOSTER DOSE, THEIR
FIRST.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FIRST
BOOSTERS AND SECOND BOOSTERS.
THIS WAS DONE SEXIX MONTHS AFTER
THAT SECOND DOSE CHILDREN HAD.
AND IT SHOWED AFTER THE ORIGINAL
CORONAVIRUS ABOUT SIX TIMES HIGHER ANTIBODIES BUT WHEN THEY
HIGHER ANTIBODIES BUT WHEN THEY
TOOK A SUBSET AND LOOK AT THE HC
MORE.
>> IT'S EXACTLY A REASON TO
CONTINUE AS THE CDC JUST DECIDED
AND TSA TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST
TWO WEEKS LONGER --
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.