What are the current COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for adults and children?
The US has two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines with good safety and efficacy profiles recommended for use in response to the pandemic. On December 12, 2020, CDC approved the use of the Pfizer- BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in persons aged ≥ 16 years for the prevention of COVID-19. This recommendation came after this vaccine’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) was granted on December 11th by the Food and Drug Administration. On December 18th, Moderna's mRNA vaccine was approved under an EUA and on December 19th, CDC recommended its use in persons aged ≥18 years for the prevention of COVID-19. Both vaccines should be implemented in conjunction with ACIP’s interim recommendations for allocating initial supplies of COVID-19 vaccines. CDC recommends that initial vaccine allotment should be distributed to the following groups 1a) health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities and in 1b) those ≥ 75 years of age and frontline essential workers. Adolescents (16 and 17 year olds) who are included in the prioritized groups should receive the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccine in these initial phases of the vaccination program when the vaccine becomes available.
We are a vaccine only clinic. We follow the CDC vaccine recommendations.