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From Wednesday, December 22, children aged 5 to 11 will be able to be vaccinated. A favorable opinion has already been given by the ethics committee, with a lighter dosage than for adults. However, the vaccination of children remains a sensitive subject and provokes debates within families.
Chloé, 6, and Michaël, 9, have asthma. Their parents did not hesitate to come and have them vaccinated. So-called pediatric vaccines are reserved for them, three times less dosed than those of adults. They will have to come back in three weeks for a recall. If today only children at risk can be vaccinated, Wednesday, December 22, vaccination should open to five million 5-11 years.
An announcement that is not unanimous among parents. However, for epidemiologists, this vaccination of the youngest is currently necessary. “The risk of a child, in a class of 25 students, of becoming infected during the day is one in five, therefore an extremely high transmission rate”, warns Philippe Amouyel, epidemiologist, professor of public health at the CHU from Lille (North). The High Authority for Health is due to issue its opinion on Monday, December 20. It will be based on American data, where the youngest are already vaccinated.
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