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COVID-19 Vaccine: What Do We Know About Its Efficacy and Safety in Children?

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September 27, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine: What Do We Know About Its Efficacy and Safety in Children?

Vol: 4| Issue: 9| Number:4| ISSN#: 2563-559X

Authored By: Meng Zhu, Mohit Bhandari On Behalf of OrthoEvidence

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To date, close to 6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered around the globe with approximately 43.3% of the world population having received at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine (Our World in Data: COVID-19 Vaccinations). Vaccines have saved numerous lives which would have been lost due to COVID-19. A study estimated that by early May 2021, the vaccination campaign in the United States (US) was associated with a reduction of about 140,000 COVID-19-related mortality, and the reduction in deaths has led to an economic value of between 625 billion and 1.4 trillion dollars (Gupta et al., 2021). Among available vaccines on the market, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (commercial name: Comirnaty) had recently become the first COVID-19 vaccine being approved for individuals 16 years of age and older by...
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Lowell J. Van Zuiden 2021-09-30

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Canada

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