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    Looking for reassurance. Can anyone explain why a 40 pound 4-year-old can get the same covid vaccine as a 15 pound 6-month-old?

    @electron7 actually, not every covid patient is infected with the same dose! if you’re constantly exposed to someone with covid over a longer period of time you’re going to take on a higher amount of virus (called a viral load) than someone who’s briefly exposed. I read a lot back toward the...
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    Looking for reassurance. Can anyone explain why a 40 pound 4-year-old can get the same covid vaccine as a 15 pound 6-month-old?

    @aussiewife happy to help!! I used to work as an MA in a pediatrician’s office and spent so much of my day answering questions about vaccines :)
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    Looking for reassurance. Can anyone explain why a 40 pound 4-year-old can get the same covid vaccine as a 15 pound 6-month-old?

    @aussiewife this is a great question! as others have said, vaccines are not dosed by weight like drugs are. the vaccines themselves do not have any intrinsic pharmacological effects but rather trigger your baby’s immune system to produce those effects. this is a pretty unlikely scenario. now...
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