As new booster shots are being rolled out for everyone 12 and older, just 9% of 海角换妻 children aged 4 and under had received at least one dose of the first COVID-19 vaccine as of Aug. 30, .
Dr. Marietta Vazquez, a professor of pediatrics with the Yale School of Medicine, said the state has 鈥渁 ways to go.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檙e still missing a very important first step, which is vaccination,鈥� she said. 鈥淧rotection is better than the alternative, which is no protection. Because that part we know very well 鈥� what no protection can look like both in the older population as well as in younger children.鈥�
In the absence of boosters authorized for the youngest children, Vazquez said it鈥檚 important that everybody around a child is vaccinated and boostered. She also said they should maintain best practices, including hand-washing, and wearing a mask if immunocompromised or feeling unwell.
鈥淪o health care providers, those who are in schools and day care centers, the other individuals in the household, including the elderly 鈥� that's what we call the cocooning strategy,鈥� said Vazquez. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really creating that core of protection around the young child.鈥�
As of Aug. 30, 73% of children in the state between 10 and 14 years old and 50% of children age 5 to 9 had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
