Fauci: 3-Dose Regimen Likely for Children Under 5 as 2-Dose Regimen Wouldn’t Be Able To Do It

‘There’s no doubt about the safety’

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FAUCI: "You know, Hallie, it looks like the standard vaccination regimen for children of that age group, namely six months to four years plus, up to five, is going to be a three-dose regimen. What had happened is that it was hopeful that a two-dose regimen would be able to do it. As the data began coming in, it became clear that they wanted to continue with the three-dose study before making any determination about the efficacy. There’s no doubt about the safety. The one thing you don’t want to confuse parents is they think there’s something here that — there’s a concern about safety. It’s not a safety concern. They’re accumulating data rapidly on the three-dose regimen. That is going to be presented to the FDA, the FDA will do what they usually do, they'll scrutinize it very, very carefully and then they'll make a determination as to what the recommendation is, what dose and what dose regimen. Of course, parents, like yourself, who are wishing you would have an answer now, but you want to make sure it’s done correctly. And when we give you — namely, the FDA and then the CDC with their recommendation, when we give you as a mom a recommendation, you can feel comfortable that it’s based on the solid science and not on an anticipation of what you'd like it to be."

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