COVID 19 VACCINES

 

The benefits of COVID-19 vaccination outweigh the risks, both known and unknown.

Children who contract COVID-19 can become very ill, require hospitalization, and in rare cases, die. Children and teenagers who have COVID-19 may also experience a variety of new, returning, or ongoing health problems. Getting eligible children vaccinated can help prevent them from becoming seriously ill even if they become infected, as well as serious short- and long-term COVID-19 complications.

Vaccinating children can also keep them in school and daycare, and allow them to participate in sports, playdates, and other group activities safely.

COVID-19 can make children and teenagers of any age extremely ill, necessitating hospitalization in some cases. COVID-19 complications can result in death in rare cases. There is no way to predict how COVID-19 will affect children in advance. Although children with underlying medical conditions are more likely to develop severe COVID-19, healthy children who do not have underlying medical conditions can also develop severe illness.

Children and teenagers who have COVID-19 may also experience a variety of new, returning, or ongoing health problems. These post-COVID conditions can be physical or mental, last for weeks, and have a negative impact on one's quality of life.

Tens of millions of children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and ongoing safety monitoring shows that COVID-19 vaccination is still safe for children and adolescents.

The reported side effects are typically mild and temporary, similar to those experienced following routine vaccination. Serious reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine in children are uncommon. Serious reactions are most common the day after vaccination, according to reports.