More than 140 million Americans have received the COVID-19 vaccine, and as of press time, almost 75,000 SLO County residents were fully vaccinated and more.
Marian Regional Medical Center: Health experts discuss safety of COVID-19 vaccine for kids
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Kids and teens 12 years old and up are now able to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Some parents on the Central Coast are being cautious and considering whether to get their kids vaccinated.
Batavia Noe from Santa Maria is a mother of two young daughters.
Her kids are 2 and 7 years old, too young to get the vaccine right now.
But Pfizer is trying to get approval for ages 2 and up by September. I have given both of my girls all of their up-to-date on their vaccines so again I’m not against it, said Noe.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Doctors are calling it big news at Marian Regional Medical Center.
They said the more people can get vaccinated, the faster we can get past the pandemic.
The announcement from the FDA on Monday means kids down to age 12 could soon get receive a vaccine.
Doctors believe this is an important step forward, because the virus continues to circulate in young people.
Even though you don’t see the same hospitalizations and severe illness rates in children, doctors said it still gives the virus more opportunity to mutate. This pool of patients with the virus is still circulating, giving it additional opportunity to mutate and additional variants to come and emerge. We would suggest following the CDC s recommendations and getting these young people vaccinated. It’s always great news to have more people eligible to be vaccinated, said Dr. Scott Robertson at Marian Regional Medical Center.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - At JDX Pharmacy in Santa Maria, Sagar Asodia is helping people get their COVID-19 shots.
But as case numbers are falling here in Santa Barbara County, the numbers are rising in his home country. In India right now there s variance that are unbelievable . it s causing the whole country s health system to almost collapse, said Asodia.
The numbers are staggering with more than 22.6 million cases.
Basic supplies like oxygen is rare.
None of the local COVID cases show the India variant, but one was reported in San Diego.
Doctors say it s important to take this seriously.