Safety Data for Simultaneously Administering COVID-19 Vaccines With Other Vaccines for Children Unavailable

Safety Data for Simultaneously Administering COVID-19 Vaccines With Other Vaccines for Children Unavailable
A health worker prepares a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a community health center in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 16, 2022. Eraldo Peres/AP
Meiling Lee
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Parents are being told that it is safe for their child to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and other childhood vaccines concomitantly, yet no such safety data on the simultaneous administration of COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines are available for them to read.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that “COVID-19 vaccines may be administered without regard to timing of other vaccines,” including the “simultaneous administration of COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines on the same day.” The health agency did not cite any research for its recommendation.