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SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING TO REQUIRE COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR CHILDREN 5 TO 11

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Authorities in one of the largest cities in California are planning to soon
mandate COVID-19 vaccination for children as young as 5.

Health orders for San Francisco imposed in August require proof of COVID-19
vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms, and other establishments.

The orders only apply to people 12 and older. But with the emergency use
authorization (EUA) of Pfizer’s jab for those between 5 and 11, they will be
extended after a “limited time,” Dr. Susan Philip, health officer for the city
and county of San Francisco, told a town hall on Nov. 2.

“We definitely want to wait and make sure that children have an opportunity to
get vaccinated, so that will happen no sooner than about eight weeks after the
vaccine is available to kids,” Philip said.

“So there will be a limited time in which there will not be those requirements,
is our plan, but at some point, 5- to 11-year-olds will also have to show proof
of vaccination to access those same settings,” she added.

California’s governor last month announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for school
children. But that mandate doesn’t come into effect for children unless a jab
has received approval for their age group.

The San Francisco orders force people to produce proof of vaccination, with no
opt-outs, to attend indoor events with over 1,000 guests and to enter any
restaurant, gym, and bar.

The city was the first in the United States to require such vaccine verification
and is now poised to potentially become the first to impose requirements on
young children, even though experts have voiced concern about mandating
vaccination for the age group.

“I think that would be an error at this time, until we get more information
about the safety,” Dr. Cody Meissner, chief of the Division of Pediatric
Infectious Disease at Tufts University School of Medicine, said during a meeting
last week.

Safety data was only available from about 3,500 participants in a trial
examining Pfizer’s shot in kids ages 5 to 11. But most of the data came from
approximately half that group, and from only three months post-vaccination. The
other chunk was only followed for two weeks.

A doorman at Oasis informs a customer that a vaccination card is required to
enter the club, in San Francisco, Calif., on July 29, 2021. (Justin
Sullivan/Getty Images)

Meissner and other members of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory
panel ultimately voted to advise the agency to authorize Pfizer’s shot for the
age group and after the agency took up the recommendation, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Nov. 2 recommended the shot for
virtually every child in the group in the country.

Dr. Peter Marks, an FDA official, claimed during the meeting that authorization
likely wouldn’t lead to vaccine mandates.

“Although it’s possible that mandates could be put in place, I suppose, in
general people have not done mandates with emergency use authorizations,” he
said, adding that there were certain governors who had said they wouldn’t
mandate shots unless they receive regulatory approval.

FDA approval of vaccines involves a higher threshold than authorization.

Public speakers urged officials not to clear the vaccine in part because they
were worried about their children being forced to get a jab, even if they have
had COVID-19 before.

Christina Dietrich, a representative for Delaware Moms Oppose Mandates, proposed
to the CDC’s advisory panel that they explicitly state that children shouldn’t
be mandated to get Pfizer’s jab.

“Otherwise, your approval will be used to enact mandates unjustified by an EUA,”
she said at a meeting this week.

But members on both panels largely attempted to absolve themselves from
requirements that were predicted to come.

“Our purpose today as a … committee is not to discuss or consider mandates,” Dr.
Ofer Levy, director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s
Hospital, and an FDA advisory panel member, said last week.

“The ACIP members have nothing to do with these determination regarding mandates
or what happens once this recommendation is made,” Dr. Oliver Brooks, chief
medical officer at Watts Healthcare Corporation and a CDC advisory panel member,
said Tuesday.

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