By the end of October 2021, almost 6.4 million children tested positive for COVID-19…6.4 million. In our first ever crossover podcast we discuss with Kids Considered host and Peds ID Dr. Dean Blumberg we discuss the recently approved pediatric COVID-19 vaccine!

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Host:

Dr. Julia Magaña, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis

Guests:

Dr. Dean Blumberg, Professor and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at UC Davis, Co-Host of the Kids Considered Podcast 

Resources:

Kids Considered Podcast: https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/kids-considered

Healthy Kids “The Science Behind COIVD-19 Vaccines: Parent FAQs”: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/The-Science-Behind-the-COVID-19-Vaccine-Parent-FAQs.aspx

AAP News “COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 receives final approval”: https://www.aappublications.org/news/2021/11/02/cdc-pfizer-covid-vaccine-children-110221

Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report: https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/

UC Davis “Experts answer parents’ questions about COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11”: https://health.ucdavis.edu/health-news/newsroom/experts-answer-parents-questions-about-covid-19-vaccine-for-kids-ages-5-11/2021/11