Vaccines serve as a shield that protects children, families, and communities and particularly the foremost vulnerable. Vaccines protect children against disease and death, saving up to a few million lives each year. For the Philippines, vaccines also make economic sense. Vaccines prevent illness, freeing up precious resources to take a position in strong health systems. Vaccination can even promote a stronger workforce and stop losses in productivity. Vaccine-induced immunity isn’t like flipping a light-weight switch. Rather, your body mounts a touch more protection on a daily basis within the weeks following your vaccination, eventually culminating within the specific, robust and powerful antibodies that may target COVID-19. In line with the current community health protocols and guidelines, like adults, it is also very important for younger children to remain inside unless vaccinated.
Adults are rather more likely to experience serious illness than children, but kids are still in danger. Considering the virus that causes COVID is so contagious, almost everyone will get infected eventually if they aren’t vaccinated. Even though only a small proportion of cases in children are severe, the government still is able to expect an oversized number of kids to be seriously unwell because there will be such a lot of infections. COVID-19 vaccines are highly acclaimed as very efficient at preventing severe disease, however these are not perfect and do not entirely prevent transmission. Their effectiveness may also decline in the face of new variants of the virus. Considering the unexpected exposure of the Omicron variant has shown, the pandemic won’t end until global vaccination levels are evidently much higher. The Philippines can perform well by vaccinating as much of the country's population as possible, prioritizing the citizens with health risks as well as younger children. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all qualified children and adolescents who are 5 years of age and older shall receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Adults as well as younger children should get fully vaccinated as soon as possible. Even though your child has recovered from COVID-19 illness, they still should get the vaccine. Everyone who is qualified should get the vaccine unless they have contraindications. While it's true that fewer children get infected with COVID-19 than adults, COVID-19 cases are reported in all told age groups – including infants. Children who develop COVID-19 also sometimes develop a heavy medical complication called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). To lower the chance of significant illness from COVID-19, it’s essential that children still take safety precautions – which their parents encourage them to try to do. Until vaccines are available, masking, staying at home, social distancing, frequent hand washing, and other COVID-19 safety measures are important for teenagers to stay with.
When a significant increase in kids' population get fully vaccinated, this demonstrates that they are at a lower risk of getting severely sick from COVID-19. This also suggests that kids will spend less time away from learning and more time for sports, friendships and activities. Securing that all qualified children and adults get the COVID-19 vaccine is considered as one part. In order to help everyone stay healthy, the entire community should keep wearing a face mask, physical distance, wash hands and stay home when sick. These steps are even better when combined with good ventilation, screening, and contact tracing in a certain community.
REFERENCES:
COVID Vaccine: What Parents Need to Know. (n.d.). Johns Hopkins Medicine. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/covid19-vaccine-what-parents-need-to-know
Filipinos have a shared responsibility to ensure all children are immunized. (n.d.). UNICEF Philippines. https://www.unicef.org/philippines/press-releases/filipinos-have-shared-responsibility-ensure-all-children-are-immunized
Staying safe outside during COVID-19. (2020, September 2). UNICEF. https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/staying-safe-outside-during-covid-19
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