Why COVID vaccines for young children (5 –11 years) are not essential at this moment in time?

This article explains the underlying mechanisms of currently deployed COVID vaccines, the cellular, humoral and mucosal immunity. The article explains why we should not rush mass-immunising young children and a delayed immunisation can be beneficial in offering a more suitable vaccine formulation for children, such as the nasal COVID vaccine, that is going to be available soon and will provide the sought-after protection against infection and transmission,  the public health benefit from the mass immunisation pr ogram in children.
Source: Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice - Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research