- COVID vaccination of children age 5-11 cut Omicron hospitalizations by 68%. Of children ages 5-11 hospitalized with COVID-19, 92 percent were unvaccinated. Sixteen percent were critically ill, needing life support measures such as intubation. Of these, 90 percent were unvaccinated. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2202826 21 comments science
- COVID vaccines in children cut Omicron hospitalizations by 68%. The first real-world data on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against Omicron in children aged 5 to 11 has revealed vaccination reduces a child’s risk of severe illness and hospitalization by two-thirds compared to unvaccinated children. https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/covid19-vaccines-protect-children-omicron-real-world-data/ 450 comments science