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Editorial| May 2021 Why Are Children Always Last? Steven L. Shafer, MD; Steven L. Shafer, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Elliot J. Krane, MD Elliot J. Krane, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor May 2021, Vol. 85, 3. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000751448.24976.7d Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Steven L. Shafer, Elliot J. Krane; Why Are Children Always Last?. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:3 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000751448.24976.7d Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: child On March 15, Moderna began enrolling 6,750 children from 6 months to 12 years of age in a study of its mRNA-1273 vaccine (NCT04796896). The study in children launched eight months after the launch of the pivotal Phase III study in adults (NCT04470427). Pfizer started enrollment of their mRNA vaccine, BNT162b2, last April (NCT04368728). As of today (March 21, 2021), Pfizer has not registered a study of the BNT162b2 in young children. The third EUA-approved vaccine in the United States, Johnson & Johnson's Ad26.COV2.S, began enrollment in September (NCT04505722). Johnson & Johnson has not registered a study of their vaccine in children. Why are children always last? Most children are only mildly symptomatic from SARS-CoV-2 (Sci Rep 2021;11:5760). However, some children get very ill, particularly if they develop multisystem inflammatory disease (MIS-C) (BMJ 2021;372:n385). The... © 2021 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), All Rights Reserved.2021 You do not currently have access to this content.
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