Leachon: Prioritize 3rd shot for health workers over adolescent vaccination

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Rather than rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination program to children aged 12 to 17, a health reform advocate says the government must give additional protection to healthcare workers instead.

— Rather than rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination program to children aged 12 to 17, a health reform advocate said the government must give additional protection to healthcare workers instead.

The medical frontliners who received Sinovac doses back in March may be experiencing a waning of antibodies six months into their inoculation, he said. "Since the kids are at home and they are low risk, perhaps the government should prioritize the healthcare workers in terms of giving the higher efficacy rate vaccine that is Pfizer to the ones given Sinovac last March," Leachon told CNN Philippines.

 

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We can do both. We've many pfizers already for HCW and kids with comorbidities. Depende nalang sa DOH at FDA kung itutuloy pa booster shot sa HCW. They should approve it now. I know 3 doctors already who died despite being vaccinated. So sad last week it was just 2 doctors.

Bakit di nalang i-priority ang mass vaccination saka pa magbigay ng booster? Diba karamihan sa naoospital o namamatay sa COVID19 yong hindi pa nababakuha. Dapat mabakunahan muna ang karamihan saka pa mag bgay ng additional dose sa mga need ng booster.

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