Elizabeth Lanphier
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Back to School: The Covid Vaccination Choice
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayIt’s back-to-school season in the United States, the third one during the Covid pandemic, but the first in which all schoolchildren are eligible for Covid vaccines. Yet fewer than a third of children ages 5 to 11 are fully vaccinated, while the percentage of those under 5 who have started–let alone completed–vaccination is in the low single digits. Why? The answers are complicated.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
With Pediatric Hospitalizations Rising, Reconsider Off-Label Covid Vaccination for Young Children
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayPfizer recently announced that its trials in children 2 to 5 years old produced a weaker than expected antibody response and that it would hold off requesting authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. This news creates opportunities – and additional challenges – for off-label use of Covid-19 vaccines in children,Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Is It Ethical to Prohibit Off-Label Use of Covid-19 Vaccines in Kids?
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Parents, Covid, and Trauma-Informed Choices
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayAs the parent of a child under 5 years old, I am worried about what lies ahead for kids and Covid-19. The more contagious Delta variant is widely circulating, infecting kids at higher rates and making some kids more seriously ill than previous variants. When I talk with other parents, we are a...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Should We Enroll Our Child in a Covid-19 Vaccine Trial?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayMy partner and I are thinking a lot about this question. Moderna and Pfizer trials are running in our community–at the children’s hospital where I work as a clinical ethicist. The Pfizer trial began enrollment of 5-to-11-year-olds. My almost 4-year-old kid would be in the next cohort.Read the Post
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Studying Covid Vaccines in the Youngest Kids
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayChildren have suffered both physical and mental illness during the pandemic. Nearly 200 children in the United States have died. Acute mental health crises increased during the pandemic. Getting children immunized is the best way to get back to normal. We suggest an option that would permit children under 5 to be vaccinated without waiting until traditional prospective randomized trials can be completed.Read the Post
