By anne-Gerard Flynn |Special to the republican

Springfield-A Pediatric of Baystate Children's Hospital praised on Tuesday, November 2, the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, acronym in English) of the Authorization of Emergency Use of the Pfizer-Biotech COVID-19 vaccineFor ages 5 to 11 years.

Food and drug administration has approved a low dose of two injections three weeks apart for children.

"We are very happy," said Baystate Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, John O'Rilly.“I see it as,‘ Thank you, God, there is a path to follow for everything children have been happening in this pandemic."

He added and said, “they can start returning to a normal life.They have been suffering emotionally for everything that has done social isolation.Now there is a flash at the end of the tunnel."

O’Reilly plans to give priority to speak one with the parents of children whose medical conditions put them at greater risk of contracting coronavirus. “Sin embargo, ahora hay al menos un camino a seguir, así que estoy entusiasmado con esto," él dijo.

In May, a similar authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children from 12 to 15 years was awarded, and at the beginning of the year Pfizer received the authorization and then the approval for the vaccine, marketed as Lationnaty, at ages of 16 years or more to prevent COVID-19.

“Para nosotros, tomó mucho tiempo en términos de esperarlo en este grupo de edad más joven, pero estábamos bien esperarlo sabiendo que tenían que hacer su debida diligencia para llevarlo donde fuera seguro y efectivo," dijo O’Reilly, que ha sido un defensor de la inmunización en cada paso del camino.“The fact that they take the time makes it easier for me to say:“ Hey, they looked at the data and reviewed everything to be safe."

In O'Reilly's mind was the death of October 22 of a 13-year-old student in Holyake Community Charter School for complications of Covid-19, when speaking with a journalist while Baystate Health prepared to receive doses of vaccines to distribute them soonThrough its pediatric offices.

He sees extended immunization as a protection for young people who have become increasing.

“Los niños se han confundido por todo lo que ha sucedido en esta pandemia," dijo O’Reilly.“They are crying, experimenting PTSD, and the recent death of a student here takes us home how this is not something distant, but something in our community.It makes it real.Families are also uproar because children are suffering at this level."

There have been more than 6 million cases of respiratory disease in children since the beginning of the pandemic in January 2020 and the recently dominant and more transmissible virus delta variant has made those not vaccinated particularly vulnerable.

Children, especially those with underlying conditions, have a greater risk of contracting COVID-19 and a complication that can be weakening and mortal known as multisystemic inflammatory syndrome, of which Baystate Children has treated numerous cases.

O’Reilly said some of his younger patients are the most conscious and most anxious to the need to protect from COVID-19.

“Los niños no suelen expresar sus miedos, tienden a internalizarlos y los padres a menudo piensan que los niños no lo entienden, pero los niños son inteligentes, ellos escuchan las noticias," dijo O’Reilly.“Children, especially those aged 5 to 11, are not found in that cognitive state that they think of that highest level, as in 'I may have less risk of contracting the disease when I am a child,' but they feel the impactof an uncle or a grandmother who dies for that and they know how terrifying it is, especially when a 13 -year -old boy dies."

The CDC has said that in a similar way to what was observed in adult vaccines tests, vaccination to prevent COVID-19 among children from 5 to 11 years old shows that it has an effectiveness of almost 91 percent.The age group was mild, self -limited and similar to those observed in adults and with other recommended vaccines for children.It is said that the most common secondary effect is an arm pain.

O’Reilly calificó la reacción de vacunar a sus hijos más pequeños como una “mezcla" entre los padres.

“Siempre hay un 20 o un 30% de los primeros en adoptar el modelo y luego hay muchos padres que están listos y dicen ¿cuándo puedo hacer esto y cuándo no?," dijo O’Reilly.“In addition, Hampden Countconvince parents."

He added that “what has been good is that parents have allowed their children from 12 to 17 years to be vaccinated more easily."

“Ellos tuvieron la oportunidad de decir: ‘Oh, él hizo bien, le dolió el brazo por un día o tuvo dolor de cabeza por un día, esto es bastante bueno," dijo O’Reilly.“Now, they have played sports again, dance or anything else they were doing safely.I think this is what will help convince parents with children in this group of 5 to 11 years.These families have seen that the vaccine works well in their older teenagers."

He added that the fact that the distribution of the vaccine is carried out through the pediatrician's offices for many of the youngest children will benefit both children and facilitate a better exchange of information with which they doubt the vaccine.

“Esto permite una discusión más uno a uno para descubrir cuáles son las barreras, los temores o las preocupaciones de los padres al vacunar a sus hijos," dijo O’Reilly.“And for children, it is much less scary to go to a place you are used to receiving care."

O'Reilly said he agreed with the CDCs that clinical trials have shown that the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective for younger children.He said that the percentage of cardiac inflammation called myocarditis reported in young men from 17 to 26 who received the Pfizer vaccine was small and most cases were slight.

“Nosotros tenemos un gran sistema de vigilancia de vacunas en este país y estaremos observando de cerca cualquier efecto secundario," dijo O’Reilly.“We want people to be aware of the possible side effects so that parents can know when to alert the pediatrician and not only give their son a Tylenol and keep him at home."

O'Reilly said that COVID-19 can cause inflammation of the heart and that this presents a greater risk than that of the vaccine, as well as the threat of multisystemic inflammatory syndrome that can be weeks later even from a slight case of COVID-19 andAlso cause myocarditis.

“Este grupo de 5 a 11 años está en riesgo de contraer la enfermedad inflamatoria multisistémica que padecen los niños después de tener COVID-19," dijo O’Reilly.“We see more myocarditis in children who are hospitalized unfortunately with COVID-19 and with this multisystemic syndrome than for any risk that occurs with vaccination."

He added: “The risk of not receiving the vaccine and contracting the disease itself that causes heart problems or even a slight case of Covid that results in multisystemic syndrome that can attack its heart, those risks are greater than those of the vaccine."

“Nosotros queremos," dijo O’Reilly, “tener esta conversación con personas que están preocupadas por estos riesgos para sus hijos."

Translated by Damaris Pérez-Pizarro |The Latin people

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