Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) has pre-ordered thousands of pediatric doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as the county prepares for federal and state health officials to expand eligibility to kids ages 5-11.
CCHS expects to receive about 20,000 doses of the pediatric version of the Pfizer vaccine for county and partner clinics early this week.
The timing of when the vaccine becomes available to younger children depends on when federal and state officials complete their review process. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5-11.
This week, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) will be deciding whether to recommend Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine next week for children ages 5-11. The CDC’s recommendation is required before vaccines can be given to this age group.
The pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, which is one-third the dosage given to teens and adults, will come in different vials and packaging than the adult version. Children ages 5-11 still must get two shots at least three weeks apart.
There are an estimated 92,000 county residents between the ages of 5 and 11.
Be sure to gaslight & censor anyone who suffers a bad reaction and convince them that it’s “all in their head”.
Because this TRIAL is safe and effective, Right?!?
100% spot on!
Exactly
No way I would vaccinate my child for COVID-19. They are almost immune to the virus. And the vaccine doesn’t prevent the spread of the virus.
The County Health Department website shows that the 5-12 age group has the highest number of cases per capita of any age group in the county. Certainly, their cases are generally mild, but they’re hardly immune to Covid.
Is almost immune the same as just a little pregnant?
Observer- so, just like a little cold. Pervasive, mild, and of no consequence. Aso endemic, and never going away. Kids are safe. Adults are safe. The elderly are still mostly safe.
These drugs are not even a year old. I would not be putting them in my five-year-old if I had one
Why are you counting cases, observer? They are entirely irrelevant, and the PCR tests being used to detect them are being phased out at the end of the year for being ineffective at differentiating covid from flu.
What you should look at is adverse long-term effects. And when that’s taken into consideration, kids are more likely to get hit by lightning than suffer adverse long-term effects.
As far as preventing cases, the blood therapy “vaccines” do not prevent respiratory transmission, and they don’t prevent symptoms, but they come with the following side effects.
• Guillain-Barré syndrome (body’s immune system damages nerve cells)
• Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (inflammation in the brain and spinal cord that damages protective covering of nerve fibers)
• Transverse myelitis (inflammation of spinal cord damages protective covering of nerve fibers)
• Encephalitis/myelitis/encephalomyelitis/meningoencephalitis/meningitis/encepholapathy (inflammation of the brain & spinal)
• Convulsions/seizures
• Stroke
• Narcolepsy (sudden drowsiness)
• Cataplexy (sudden muscle weakness)
• Anaphylaxis (severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction)
• Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
• Myocarditis/pericarditis (inflammation of heart)
• Autoimmune disease
• Deaths
• Pregnancy and birth outcomes
• Other acute demyelinating diseases (damage to nerve coverings)
• Non-anaphylactic allergic reactions
• Thrombocytopenia (low blood platelet count)
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation (blood clotting)
• Venous thromboembolism (blood clots)
• Arthritis and arthralgia/joint pain
• Kawasaki disease (heart disease in children)
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
• Vaccine enhanced disease
Source: https://www.fda.gov/media/143557/download pg. 17/27
• Erythema multiforme (allergic skin reaction)
• glomerulonephritis (kidney inflammation)
• and nephrotic syndrome (renal disorder characterized by heavy urinary protein losses)
Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eu-drugs-regulator-looking-new-possible-side-effects-mrna-vaccines-2021-08-11/
I cannot fathom the logic for subjecting children to these side effects to avoid a statistical zero complication chance from covid.
Oh ME …
@ ME, wrong again would be a more appropriate name.
The first vaccine (Pfizer) was released on Decemeber 11, 2020. Since it is currenlty only November of 2021, that is less than a year. See the FDA website https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine#:~:text=Since%20Dec.%2011%2C%202020%2C,age%20on%20May%2010%2C%202021.
As for you cold vs COVID …
Lets see, cough, muscle aches, tiredeness, sore throat, runny nose, fever, all are symptoms of both. Even the all might ‘loss of smell/taste’ can be found in both the cold and covid. This came from the Mayo Clinic
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/covid-19-cold-flu-and-allergies-differences/art-20503981
Please try again, Me.
@Googlar
You’re still not understanding the multiplexed PCR point? It’s not that the current test don’t distinguish between COVID and FLU, it is that the current test ONLY detect COVID, meaning if you test a patient with respiratory symptoms and the current test is negative for COVID you don’t know whether the patient may suffer from the FLU. Multiplexed PCR assays with the whether it’s COVID or whether it’s FLU or none of both.
The long list you posted according to your own link is NOT a list of the side effects it is the list of potential side effects that the FDA said it will look at.
@The Observer – My bad. I should have been more clear. I should say almost immune to any ill effects.
So Me … your earlier post that I responded to was removed – why was that? This most recent post (11/2 2149) is all about you changing your original narrative. Surprised, not surprised as the young kids like to say.
The vaccines have been in testing since March, but that is not what you said. Your statement was that the vaccines have been around for 18 months, which is incorrect.
As for the difference between cold/covid, do you actully know or are you just trying to throw words out on here in the internet? The two biggest indicators are the diarrhea and vomitting/nausea. Covid will bring that on, but a cold will not. The loss of smell for covid would have an onset WITHOUT a runny/stuffy nose, vs a cold commonly with a runny/stuffy nose.
Now if we want to throw influenza in the mix, the symptoms change quickly. Diarrhea, vomitting etc are also symptoms of the flu so to help distinguish between those two, we tend to look at exposure/infection events but even that is tricky since they have overlapping incubation periods. One small factor that can be checked is a headache, since those are not as common with the covid but very intense with the flu.
If you need more of an education, just let me know, ME, and I can point in the right direction.
As for me being wrong, let me know when I was. Show me the citations. I do it for you. Moreso, I do it so that when I speak, I know what I am talking about.
@paret….Have you ever heard the phrase, “The pot calling the kettle black”?…..
Time to pick out child size caskets!
Wow … what a pleasant thought.
according the CDC, as of 102721, there have been 558 deaths for the age group of 5-17 years of age involving COVID. This is out of a total of 60,066 deaths for the same age range.
There have also been 1055 deaths from Pneumonia … hmm, almost twice as much as COVID, but we panic over COVID and not Pnuemonia. Of both of those groups, 143 had both COVID and Pneumonia. There werew also 189 deaths from Inluenza … again no panic over that.
And here you are, the life of the party, suggesting caskets for kids.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
Parent- I think Old meant because of the vaccine that will be forced on kids with side effects unknown? But, I agree with you. Also, note that the deaths INVOLVE COVID, not necessarily FROM COVID.
Old timer, my apologies if I misread your statement.
Oh please, thanks for providing an alternative view of Old Timers words I did not see that version originally but can read that now. And you are correct, they INVOLVE, not FROM.
What are we going to do when the hospitals are full of children who have horrible side effects from this experimental gene therapy shot how many children are going to die due to this experimental gene therapy shot we already know that mask do not work social distancing does not work lockdowns do not work and now from the studies of some of the most vaccinated countries in the world we know these shots do not work so what are we doing children are not guinea pigs for the pharmaceutical industry
The FDA has a public comment docket for their October 26, 2021 Meeting approving the Pfizer vaccine for children–received 143,499 comments:
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2021-N-1088-0001/comment
FDA-2021-N-1088-0004 Dr. Danice Hertz wrote:
“I am a physician who had a severe reaction to the Pfizer Covid vaccine starting 30 minutes after I received my first dose. I developed agonizing burning pain and numbness in my face, scalp, tongue, eyes, limbs as well as tinnitus, blurred vision, tremors, twitching, dizziness and imbalance, trouble speaking and thinking, internal vibrations, severe weakness, a very tight constricting band around my chest, chest pains and shortness of breath. I thought I was dying. I have spent the last 10 months trying to survive this unbearable illness, trying to get medical care that doesn’t exist because the medical community knows nothing about these reactions and trying to plead with the FDA, CDC, NIH and Pfizer to acknowledge these reactions, educate the medical community and research what has happened to us and how to treat us. I am part of a group of many thousands who have had similar neurological reactions. We are being completely ignored despite our efforts. We desperately need help.
In addition to these devastating neurological reactions, there are other life threatening reactions to the covid vaccines that involve the heart, kidneys, liver, blood clotting system etc.. There are serious gynecological reactions. We do not yet know the long term health implications that these vaccines may cause.
Now, can you imagine this vaccine reaction happening to a child who will suffer excruciating symptoms and perhaps not survive. This child will have trouble communicating his/her symptoms, trouble coping with the pain, trouble adjusting to the profound changes in his/her life. There will no doubt be serious impact on his/her future life. This is an unimaginable thought. It will happen to many children. Statistically, children have a greater chance of having a severe Covid vaccine reaction than having a severe case of Covid.
Please hear me. One child who is profoundly injured or dies from a Covid vaccine is one child too many. Please hear my words. I know first hand what a devastating impact these vaccines can have on a person’s life.”
She is just a broken egg in their omelet. They don’t care about her, and they don’t care about the few dozen kids around the country they will statistically kill from vaccine reaction. They have a ledger, and as long as they see more “lives saved” on the positive side, they will accept the death of your kid. They also have a political mission to accomplish Biden’s war on covid, and he needs help in the polls, so full speed ahead. And they have just grabbed historically unprecedented power for themselves, can’t slow down now.
Can anyone tell me why everyone is procuring doses for something that isn’t approved yet? Why, if I was more jaded and cynical, I’d say that the approval is a forgone conclusion and almost entirely a political and not medical decision. Any mainstream media going to talk about the folks on the FDA advisory panel that resigned in protest over the decisions to push third doses on everyone and stick kids? I guess that isn’t newsworthy when you have an agenda and narrative to push.
It’s amazing. I was young and dumb enough to buy the manufactured consent the media/political machine was shoveling out when Bush wanted to sell his war in Iraq. I can’t believe we are all falling for this garbage again.
The media is not your friend. They are an arm of the governmental oligarchic entity that actually runs things. Anything they push that may actually be good for you is coincidental to the fact that it is good for them first.
Parents. They are your kids, not theirs. Make this decision yourself, under no circumstance let some government functionaries take that power away from you.
So much for California being pro-choice…………
Governor Newsom has a track record of making quick decisions and this mandate is further illustration. He bets with your money and now your children’s health. Perhaps we should let Washington or New York throw their kids in the pool first. It will cost Gavin another chest-beating press conference, but it might save a few California kids.
I can’t understand why any parent would decide to put their child in such jeopardy.
Because too many people believe the Scare Tactics brought to us by our Health Department, Media and Dictator Newscum.
I’m afraid most bay area parents will line up their children to get these shots. I find it astonishing for a city that prides itself in individual liberties just give into narratives without questioning it. Something is amiss out there, and I truly believe a thanos-type snap is coming.
Maybe because they listen to their child’s pediatrician instead of the fake YouTube, Facebook, or Claycord doctors.
Given how safe the vaccines are I’m not certain why parents take the risk of not getting the vaccine.
This is also about reducing transmission to elderly folks. If kids are spending all day in school and then go visit their grandparents unmasked I hope they are vaccinated for their grandparents’ sake.
Suddenly, my oldest son is now 4yrs old instead of 5, whoops on the paper work…
Leave the children alone! They are still growing and developing, unlike the research done on children.
We will be vaccinating both of our children with the covid vaccine once it is a Ali me, just like we vaccinated them for MMR, DTAP and hepatitis. I don’t understand where the “question everything, trust no one” culture has come from but it is dangerous. All vaccines have adverse reactions in a small percent of those that receive them.
@Matt….“I don’t understand where the “question everything, trust no one culture has come from…”…Well Sonny let me tell you a story from a time long, long ago……….
@Matt – First, the COVID “vaccine” is not a vaccine and does not provide sterilizing immunity or prevent transmission.
Second, the risks associated with the polio, MMR and DTAP vaccines pale in comparison to the benefit they provide. Not so with the COVID vaccines, especially in children.
Paralytic polio kills 2%-5% of children and up to 15%-30% of adolescents and adults.
Diptheria has a death rate of up to 20% for children under 5.
Tetanus has an overall death rate of up to 30% in the US.
Pertussis has a death rate of up to 4% in infants.
Measles can cause pneumonia, which can lead to death.
Mumps can cause encephalitis, which can lead to death.
Rubella can cause fetal birth defects.
What was the COVID-19 death rate in children again?
0.076%
No one is going to convince the other camp on this. One side lives on fear spewed from the media, the other on facts. It’s like gas and water, it ain’t never gonna mix.
Which side is fear and which is facts?
Are you on the side that the facts show Biden won the election?
@Commonsensenor – It’s quite simple, actually. Ask yourself: Would you subject your young children to a new “vaccine” that provides little of the benefits of real vaccines (such as sterilizing immunity) to lessen the effects of a virus that has virtually no ill effects in children?
You answer is meaningless if you don’t have children yourself.
this is so stupid, I wouldn’t take my kids to get vaccine, this world is getting so crazy, and so stupid,
My kids are back at school and got Covid. While their symptoms were mild, and hopefully they stay mild, I have now contracted Covid and so has my husband. We are both vaccinated. I have had the symptoms of cough, sore throat, loss of smell and taste, and fatigue. I am starting to feel better but am still scared until I am 100% back to normal. I get being scared to vaccinated kids with such a new drug, but seeing how they can easily spread it to the vaccinated is scary. I think if they would have been able to be vaccinated they wouldn’t have had the viral load to spread it around. I wish no one gets the horrible virus. Parents have so much to deal with right now, trying to keep it together when everything is so crazy.
If you are vaccinated and got covid, how is it that the vaccine will suddenly work in kids so they can’t spread it, especially since the CDC says the vaccinated carry the same viral load as the unvaxxed?
Bottom line is the current vaccines are not doing the job they were intended to do. Sacrificing children to *hopefully* protect adults is disgusting.
@Deb
“Bottom line is the current vaccines are not doing the job they were intended to do.” – sort of. and people are free to interpret any way they want. But the vaccine was created to help your body fight the virus should you come in contact with someone that is positive. But viruses mutate and the vaccine isn’t always ready for mutations or a daily fight.
Here is a good example.
You know in Shawshank Redemption where they reveal how Andy got out of prison? And we find out that everyday he used the claw hammer to dig his way out. We assume that the jail had pretty thick walls to prevent this from happening but alas Andy dug and dug and dug.
Now presently that claw hammer is Covid and the walls are the vaccine. Mom above stated that she got Covid from her unvaccinated kid. I assume that Mom and the husband did their best to avoid their child but they aren’t monsters so they had to interact with the kids. After 7 days locked in the house with very few places to go, there’s a huge chance that the vaccine weakens and the virus breaks through. And as Mom has said, her symptoms are mild.
What happened to mom has happened to numerous families in the area. You seemed to have lucked out for now and maybe because your 14 yr old can fend for himself/herself.
Contra Costa never ceases to disappoint in their foolish decisions/.
Don’t let them make decisions on your children’s health and well being/
The shots are not safe for little growing bodies and cause too many future health problems from all the toxic additives.
Everybody should read the comments from the one committee member who abstained, Dr. Michael Kurilla. They are excellent. And many of the committee members expressed their discomfort with the binary question that was posed to them. They would have preferred a phrasing that would allow them to make a more fine-grained recommendation, like for kids with risk factors who haven’t had Covid before, etc. But the vote was just a blanket question: do the benefits outweigh the risks for the whole category of 5-11 year olds, taken collectively?
It’s kind of shocking when you read the experts’ discussion and realize they don’t really know if this is going to be a net positive or negative for many many kids. They don’t know what the myocarditis rate will be, for example. They just don’t know. Dr. Paul Offit pointed out that they areaking a decision for tens of millions of kids based on a study with about two thousand kids in it. That was never going to quantify the rare adverse effect risk. For those who have had Covid before, getting the vax is all risk and basically no benefit. At least 40% of kids nationwide have had Covid already.
Basically anybody who reads those comments should realize that this panel of experts who approved the vac for this age group are, on the whole, against mandating it for kids. It’s not a clear cut decision at all, according to the very experts who approved it.
An 11yo would get 1/3 the dose of what their 12yo friend would get. Even if their friend had just turned 12 the week before. That to me is crazy.
A 300 pound person gets the same dose as a 85 pound person.
Throw some Myocarditis into the mix and I am sorry there should not be a mandate for this. And no, it is not the same thing as the other vaccines they need to attend school…blah blah blah..
Why don’t we mandate the HPV vaccine since it is estimated that 80% of the population WILL have it at some point in their life and certain strains can cause cancer.
Bottom line is children are not small adults. There is no way to tell the effects on a child unless they’re given the vaccine and allowed to grow up for many years. Children do not need vaccinations. Their immune systems are not fully developed to the point of adult and they don’t need to worry about covid-19
$100 says CDPH of CoCo county will move the goal posts to relaxing restrictions…again. Just until they get enough kids vaxxed.
Wow…Heroes.
So…you think they’ll relax covid restrictions once more people are vaccinated, eh?
Sounds like a plan!
The Democrat party and media are part of the globalist hive mind and are carrying out the UN agenda 21 and 2030 plans through a very rigid and fascist indoctrination and control matrix
Biden was placed through fraudulent election and is a worn out husk
The party insiders and White House staff take orders from the billionaires that fly to Davos every year for the World Economic Forum
They are literally trying to destroy the US in order to replace with a council of global institutions and corporations
It’s working so far
BTW population reduction is high on their list of priorities………
The mRNA gene therapy is experimental
Some say that it will collapse the immune system after several doses
Absolutely not. My 14 year old recently had covid and it was nothing. Kids are not as risk. The vaccine will harm more than help. Wait and see.
@Matt – So well written. It was a pleasure reading. Many in life harbor resentment about everything and anything. Never become discouraged.