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Western New York medical experts and school leaders react to change in CDC guidance The CDC said everyone in K-12 schools should wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status. Some Western New York pediatricians said it s about time that recommendation was made. and last updated 2021-07-27 23:09:42-04 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â The CDC said everyone in K-12 schools should wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status. Some Western New York pediatricians said it s about time that recommendation was made. I think it s great. Honestly, I think the CDC caught up to what we were saying, Dr. Dennis Kuo, the medical director for Buffalo Public Schools, said. ....
WNY doctors weigh in on Pfizer vaccine in children ages 12-15 Pfizer said it s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 100% effective in children 12 to 15-years-old. News Dr. Lauren Kuwik of O Connor Medical Group in Orchard Park said is a game changer. and last updated 2021-03-31 17:28:26-04 ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WKBW) â Pfizer said it s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 100% effective in children 12 to 15-years-old. News Dr. Lauren Kuwik of O Connor Medical Group in Orchard Park said is a game changer. Just getting children vaccinated and adding to the vaccinated population is going to drop those risks of spread. This means that when you re getting your family together and all the adults are vaccinated you can add the 12 to 15-year-olds. It really decreases the amount of people in that family that have to wear masks and that have to worry about giving COVID to other people, Dr. Kuwik said. ....
Right now, the cutoff is age 16 for the vaccine, while research continues. Pfizer is also doing a different study for kids 5-11 and Moderna has clinical trials underway for similar age groups. Any of them would require FDA approval for widespread vaccinations. An application from Pfizer is expected soon. Oishei Children’s Hospital infections specialist Dr. Karl Yu said adolescents are hospitalized there with bad cases of COVID. Of the ones who do get admitted, they are as sick. Many of them need oxygen. Many of them need to be intubated. The ones who get this MIS-C illness, it gets really complicated, in which we have multiple sub-specialties treating the patient at the same time because we are putting out multiple fires in multiple different burners, if you will, for that one kid, Yu said. ....