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FDA Approved Pfizer Booster For Children As Young As 5.
After the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded emergency authorisation for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccination booster on May 17, Americans as young as 5 can acquire it. The FDA approved a third Pfizer injection for youngsters aged 5 to 11 who had had their second dosage at least five months before. The second injection is required due to diminishing protection from the original series of two doses, according to Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. The decision was met with some backlash. Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco, told The Epoch Times via email, “There is no evidence that children 5-11 years old require a booster injection of the vaccine, nor of shown benefit.” Pfizer’s decision is based on data from just 67 youngsters who…
Read MoreNYC Public Schools Repeal Outdoor Mask Mandate; Indoor Masking Remains In Effect.
Students in New York City public schools will be able to remove their masks outside starting next week, but must keep them on inside for the time being, according to Schools Chancellor David Banks. “I am overjoyed that we are able to make this exciting announcement and securely allow children and employees at NYC public schools to remove their masks when outside,” Banks said in a statement. The action comes as COVID-19 infections in New York continue to fall following a December-January increase fueled by the Omicron variant’s appearance. In many TV and radio interviews on Friday, Mayor Eric Adams praised the amended mask requirements, but specified no timetable for abolishing the indoor mask necessity in schools. “Eventually, we’re going to get to the point where we can loosen up on a lot of these mandates so we can…
Read MoreSouth Korea Approved Pfizer Vaccine for Children Aged 5 to 11.
Following an upsurge in COVID-19 infections in the country, South Korea’s Food and Drug Safety Ministry approved the use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. According to local news site Yonhap News Agency, the government noted that children with underlying health concerns will be given priority in receiving the Pfizer vaccine, with a vaccination deployment schedule to be released in March. In a study of 3,109 youngsters aged 5 to 11, health officials discovered that adverse effects were more likely following the first dose of Pfizer’s vaccine. They said the adverse effects were minor and would usually go away in three days. According to the ministry, the vaccine was 90.7 percent successful in protecting youngsters from catching the virus, with no serious side effects documented thus far. Children aged 5 to 11 will receive one-third of…
Read MoreCDC Lowers Speech Development Standards Due To Their Own Ignorant Policy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has decreased its requirements for early speech development, raising concerns about how mental progress is monitored in children. At 15 and 30 months, the CDC added two additional child development milestones. Children as young as 24 months were were expected to know roughly 50 words. However, the CDC increased the time limit to 30 months in the current update, decreasing the established threshold of speech development. The CDC linked to data released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in the update, which affected the organization’s decision to change the milestones. According to the AAP study’s abstract, “using the criteria specified by the AAP working group and adding milestones for the 15- and 30-month health supervision visits resulted in a 26.4 percent reduction and a 40.9 percent replacement…
Read MorePortland Schools Seeing Declining Enrollment Due To COVID Measures.
Portland’s reputation for violence, homelessness, drug use, and riots has hampered the city’s rehabilitation nearly two years after the pandemic began. Portland Public Schools is now suffering an 8% drop in enrollment as well. According to official data, enrollment in Portland Public Schools (PPS), the state’s largest district, has decreased by over 7,000 pupils, or 8%, in the last two years. While statewide enrollment has decreased by 1.41 percent, PPS has lost 3.84 percent of its pupils in the same time period. PPS deputy superintendents Claire Hertz and Cheryl Proctor blame the drop on “dwindling birth rates, enrollment trends, school reconfiguration, and choices families made during the pandemic,” according to a statement to staff. During the pandemic, Oregon’s encouragement of homeschooling may have played a role. According to the United States Census Bureau, the number of students enrolled in homeschooling…
Read MoreParents Protest Against California Mask Regulations In Schools.
When California lifted the indoor mask mandate for vaccinated adults while awaiting the decision for all K-12 kids and instructors, many parents lost patience. On the morning of Feb. 15, hundreds of parents and students protested in front of the Chino Valley Unified School District. “It’s time for our children to speak up for their rights, and for our parents to support our children in their right to choose whether or not to wear the mask,” Kadie Kirkpatrick, a student’s mother, told The Epoch Times. She believes that requiring students to wear masks for an extended period of time causes more harm than good. “Masks are something they despise. They no longer want to go to school. “Everything at school is really sad and miserable,” she remarked. With the number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations declining, California has chosen…
Read MoreCalifornia Students Being Suspended For Refusing To Mask.
Troy Pierini, an Orange County high school sophomore, was shut out of his classroom, had the police called on him, received a trespassing citation, and was eventually suspended, all because he refused to wear a mask. Pierini, 16, claims to have a learning disability, and the cloth covering his and his teacher’s mouths just makes matters worse. He stated that his pals share his sentiments. He told The Epoch Times, “It’s difficult to hear the teacher when they’re speaking.” “It’s difficult to concentrate in class, and youngsters with glasses get their glasses fogged up, making it difficult for them to read the board.” It has an impact on a wide range of people, not just me.” According to attorney Ryan Heath, who has been retained by Pierini’s family and is the founder of the Gavel Project, a nonprofit civil rights…
Read More2 Boys Died Shortly After Getting Pfizer Vaccine.
Medical examiners discovered that cardiac inflammation was the principal cause of death in two boys who died shortly after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccination. Both boys were discovered dead in their beds, one three days after receiving the second dosage of Pfizer’s vaccination and the other four days later. Both were declared dead after no attempts at resuscitation were made. Neither boy was given a name, and the dates of their deaths were not disclosed. The one who died first was dubbed Boy A, and the other was dubbed Boy B. After immunization, Boy A complained of a headache and gastrointestinal issues, but said his symptoms were improving before he died. He hadn’t had any previous medical issues. Boy B didn’t have any symptoms and had no previous health problems. Neither of them had any visible signs of heart disease. Neither…
Read MoreUK Offers Low-Dose Pfizer Vaccine to 5- to 11-Year-Olds.
All children aged 5 to 11 will be offered vaccines for the CCP virus, the UK government said on Wednesday as its vaccination advisory body gave the green light. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on Wednesday published a report advising a “non-urgent offer” of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, also know as Comirnaty, to the primary schoolers so they may be protected “against severe COVID-19 in advance of a potential future wave of COVID-19.” Although there are an estimated 5.8 million 5- to 11-year-olds in the UK, those who are clinically vulnerable or who live with someone who is immunosuppressed have previously been provided the vaccines. The only CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine licensed by the UK’s medicines regulator for the age range is a pediatric formulation of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccination will be given…
Read MoreLA Unified School District Retains Outdoor Mask Mandate.
While Los Angeles County is allowing K–12 students to roam mask-free outdoors beginning Feb. 16, the outdoor mask mandate will persist in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) until at least the end of this week, according to authorities. The LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who just started his new role this week, indicated on Feb. 15 that he will evaluate the outdoor mask rule to see whether it should be kept next week. “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles Unified has remained aligned with our health partners,” he said on Twitter. “As our positive rates from the Omicron variation decline, I will continue to cooperate with our medical director, Dr. Smita Malhotra, and Los Angeles County officials.” The outdoor mask mandate in Los Angeles County was relaxed on Feb. 16 for outdoor mega-events as well as outdoor K–12 schools…
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