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?

[torm3nted_soul]

@aussiewife My daughter is also in the Moderna trial. She was 6 months old and weighed 14 lbs when she got the first dose. Obviously all babies are different, but I was incorrectly convinced she got the placebo because she had literally zero side effects. Turns out she got the real thing.

 

[aussiewife]

@torm3nted_soul Thank you for this response!

 

[olivia4kiss]

@aussiewife FWIW, my daughter got the Pfizer vaccine (in the trial) starting when she was 8 months and she had no reaction whatsoever to any of the three shots.

 

[r2d260]

@aussiewife My 3 year old son 25 lbs got the Moderna vaccine yesterday. He had literally zero side effects and seems completely fine today. Wasn't even a bit tired

 

[weaksaint]

@aussiewife For a little reassurance, my son was in the Pfizer trial and got his first at about 1 year. Barely any side effects at all (a little fussy maybe?) . Pfizer also reported really good numbers for the 6mo-2year age range even with only 2 shots so it should be roughly similar to moderna and maybe even better once all three

 

[wilburhentz]

@weaksaint This is cool! May I ask if they were monitoring other levels in him? Like a blood panel? I've just never seen anyone in the trials and wonder what all they were monitoring.

 

[weaksaint]

@wilburhentz I am not sure exactly. They did blood draws before each shot, and one month after the second and third.

For 7 days after each shot I had to fill out a daily diary with temperature and different symptoms. I also fill out a survey once a week to say if he has had any COVID symptoms

 

[wilburhentz]

@weaksaint This is helpful! Thanks and thank you for your family's contribution to saving lives!

 

[weaksaint]

@wilburhentz I'm happy to answer whatever questions! I am so excited the vaccine is available to everyone now