Kids talk COVID vaccines

<p>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, <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/pediatrics/dr-jeffrey-gossett-md-11511663'>Jeffrey Gossett, M.D., F.A.A.P</a>., at Cohen Children's Medical Center. 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.</p> <p>Like Dr. Gossett, <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/pediatrics/dr-mundeep-kaur-kainth-do-mph-11363417'>Mundeep Kainth, MD</a>, and <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/pediatrics/dr-sophia-jan-md-11374639'>Sophia Jan, MD</a>, talked the talk and walked the walk by getting their children in this age group vaccinated. They join <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/pediatrics/dr-lorry-glen-rubin-md-11312108'>Lorry Rubin, MD</a>, CCMC's director of pediatric infectious diseases, to discuss: </p> <ul><li>how to talk to your kids about the vaccine</li> <li>clinical trials and vaccine safety</li> <li>parental concerns about long-term side effects like myocarditis</li> <li>what to expect with the COVID vaccine in kids 6 months to 4 years old</li> </ul> Meet the experts <p>Lorry Rubin, MD, director, pediatric infectious diseases, Cohen Children’s Medical Center</p> <p>Sophia Jan, MD, chief of general pediatrics at Cohen Children’s Medical Center</p> <p>Mundeep Kainth, MD, pediatric infectious disease, Cohen Children’s Medical Center</p> <p>Jeffrey Gossett, M.D., F.A.A.P, vice president and system chief of pediatric cardiology at Cohen Children's Medical Center (CCMC)</p>