Pfizer Vaccine Ready for Kids Ages 5-11, Dosage is 1/3 of Adults

Pfizer Vaccine Ready for Kids Ages 5-11, Dosage is 1/3 of Adults

By iHeartPodcasts

The Pfizer vaccine has been approved for kids ages 5-11 and while there are a lot of concerns with giving the vaccine to children, the dosage has been adjusted. Children in this age range will only be getting 10 micrograms of RNA in each shot, versus 30 micrograms for those 12 and up. Katherine Wu, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us for why the dosage is less about weight and size and more about how the body can marshal a defense.

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