Even if Covid vaccines are made available for children in India in near future, many parents seem to prefer to wait before getting them jabbed.
CDC recommends everyone aged 5 and older get vaccinated against COVID-19 to be protected. Although kids are at a lower risk than adults of becoming critically ill with COVID-19 compared with adults, children can get infected with the virus. They can also get very sick from COVID-19, said Dr Ravi Shekhar Jha Additional Director – Pulmonology Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad.
They are also at risk of suffering from short and long-term health complications from COVID-19.
They can Spread COVID-19 infection to others.
Those Children who have underlying medical conditions are more at risk for severe illness from COVID-19 compared with children without underlying medical conditions. Children who get infected with the COVID-19 can also develop serious complications like multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C)—a condition where different body parts become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs, he said.
Parents are mainly concerned that of the vaccine is safe for children or not.
The fact is, that the studies done so far suggest that the vaccines are very safe in children, and can be taken along with the flu vaccine.
Their second scare is the side effects of vaccines.
Fact is, like many other vaccines in kids, this vaccine may also cause mild fever, joint pain, myalgia. These things are very short-lasting and is same as in any other vaccine. In fact, fever is a sign of good antibody response.
