Why are COVID-19 vaccine side effects sometimes more intense after the second dose?
Why are COVID-19 vaccine side effects sometimes more intense after the second dose?
Health experts say the body can mount a more intense immune response because it recognizes the vaccine’s proteins from the first shot.
Doctor Sangeeta Elhence poses with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Lake Lewisville Pediatrics in Lewisville, TX on April 15, 2021.(Shelby Tauber / Special Contributor)
Mild side effects are common after getting vaccinated against COVID-19, but for people who receive two-dose regimens, stronger symptoms are more commonly experienced after the second shot.
Start with a conversation to see what your children know and what their friends are telling them. Author: Teresa Woodard Updated: 11:46 AM CDT May 11, 2021
DALLAS The Food and Drug Administration expanded its emergency use authorization on Monday to allow Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to be given to anyone between the ages of 12 and 15 years old.
The vaccine had previously been approved for use in anyone 16 and older.
The FDA’s authorization is not the final say in approving vaccinations for adolescents.
A Centers for Disease Control panel is expected to meet Wednesday.
If the CDC panel recommends usage of the vaccine, 12 to 15-year-olds can begin getting a shot soon after.
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Dr. Beth Kassanoff-Piper feels confident in giving children the Pfizer vaccine if it is authorized by the FDA. Author: Tiffany Liou Updated: 10:36 PM CDT May 5, 2021
DALLAS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children between 12 and 15. This could happen next week, maybe sooner.
Many parents understandably have questions about the safety of the vaccine for children, so Dr. Beth Kassanoff-Piper answered some frequently asked questions. She is President of the Dallas County Medical Society.
The Pfizer vaccine is currently approved for people 16 years and older. Dr. Kassanoff-Piper is confident about expanding eligibility.
If you want to travel and you re not vaccinated, then I think you need to think really hard about what activities you re going to do, Kaffanoff-Piper said. I think people are becoming a little bit complacent, (and) the risk is still out there. There are people getting really sick and dying still from COVID-19.
She has cause to be concerned, as does Panama City Beach.
Dallas is among the top 11 places that Visit Panama City Beach focuses its marketing, according to information provided by the local tourism advocacy organization. The others locations are Chicago, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Louisville, Tallahassee, Orlando, Houston, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama several places in which high rates of COVID have been reported in the past year.
Even so, doctors say having some protection is better than none. If you are compromised, make sure you re vaccinated because the safety profile is excellent. Make sure the people around you are vaccinated and continue to use masks and social distancing until we have full data that can show us how protected compromised people are after vaccination, Behre said.
Kyle Killough, of North Richland Hills, heeds the advice.
He s a double lung transplant recipient and takes immunosuppressants so his body doesn t reject his new lungs.
He s fully vaccinated but still takes no chances. It was a little nerve racking but I don t live in fear, said Killough.