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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?

    @wildflower1113 Things that have a mechanism of action related to the immune system? Or things that are meant to be distributed systemically?
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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 Vaccines work differently than drugs you take orally. Drugs you take orally get distributed thru the body and body size/weight affects the concentration in your blood/tissues. Vaccines basically get trafficked by immune cells from the injection site to the lymph node, then your...
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