COVID, Quickly, Episode 4: The Virtual Vaccine Line and Shots for Kids

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🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today we bring you the fourth episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American ’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you in part by PNAS Science Sessions, a production of the proceedings
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0:37.7	Hi and welcome to COVID Quickly, a bi-weekly scientific American podcast series.
0:42.9	This is your FastTrack update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science behind
0:48.1	the most urgent questions about the virus and the disease. We de-mystify the research
0:52.6	and we help you understand what it really means. I'm Tanya Lewis. I'm Josh Fishman.
0:57.2	And we're scientific American senior health editors. Today we're talking about when we'll
1:01.9	know if vaccines are safe for kids. Why Joe Biden's claim that everyone is eligible for vaccines
1:07.9	isn't good enough. And how a tiny country proved that rapid testing can stop COVID spread.
1:16.8	Several companies are currently testing their vaccines and kids as scientific American contributor
1:21.7	Melinda Winner-Moria recently reported. Pfizer just announced results showing its vaccine is
1:26.7	100% effective in preventing COVID symptoms in 12 to 15-year-olds. Moderna has been testing its
1:32.3	vaccine in 12 to 16-year-olds. Both companies have now begun testing their vaccines in children aged
1:37.6	six months to 11 years. And Johnson and Johnson announced plans to test its vaccine in children
1:43.4	and adolescents as well. We know that kids in general are less likely to get very sick from COVID,
1:48.7	but they can still spread the virus to others and can in rare cases become severely ill.
1:54.5	So vaccinating kids is definitely important. Then why are we only vaccinating kids now?
2:00.0	Well, companies wanted to make sure their vaccines were safe in adults first before testing them in
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