Side effects rare in young children given Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine - CDC
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A CDC study found that serious side effects are rare in children ages 5-11 years old given the Pfizer (PFE
+1.3%)/Moderna (MRNA
-1.6%) COVID-19 vaccine.
The CDC and FDA received some adverse event reports on pain at the injection site -- particularly after the second dose -- and ~13% of reports were for fever after administration of a shot.

However, out of 4,249 reports recorded by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System from Nov. 3-Dec. 19, there were 15 reports of myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, 11 of which were eventually confirmed.
The study said that seven of those patients had recovered and the other four were recovering as of Dec. 19.
Separately, two deaths were reported, though the study said both patients had "complicated medical histories" and had "fragile health," adding there was no indication of a causal association between vaccine and the deaths.

Another new CDC study found that almost all adolescents less than 18 years old hospitalized with COVID over the summer were not vaccinated.
In late August, the CDC said it hadn't received any reports of any young adults dying after reporting myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccine administration.

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