Kids talk COVID vaccines

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine now has emergency use authorization (EUA) in kids ages 5-to-11, opening up eligibility to 28 million children in the US. Nora Gossett, 7, shares why she got the shot with her doctor dad, Jeffrey Gossett, M.D., F.A.A.P., at Cohen Children's Medical Center (CCMC). He was one of four doctors to stand behind their children as they received their first dose Nov. 4 at CCMC in a display of confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines.

Like Dr. Gossett, Mundeep Kainth, DO, MPH, and Sophia Jan, MD, talked the talk and walked the walk by getting their children in this age group vaccinated. They join Lorry Rubin, MD, CCMC's director of pediatric infectious diseases, to discuss:

• how to talk to your kids about the vaccine
• clinical trials and vaccine safety
• parental concerns about long-term side effects like myocarditis
• what to expect with the COVID vaccine in kids 6 months to 4 years old

Meet the experts

Lorry Rubin, MD, director, pediatric infectious diseases, Cohen Children’s Medical Center

Sophia Jan, MD, chief of general pediatrics at Cohen Children’s Medical Center

Mundeep Kainth, MD, pediatric infectious disease, Cohen Children’s Medical Center

Jeffrey Gossett, M.D., F.A.A.P, vice president and system chief of pediatric cardiology at Cohen Children's Medical Center (CCMC)