The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

AZ was not traditional, it is more traditional than Pfizer and Moderna but it is not the same as Novavax. AZ uses double DNA technology, whereas Novavax uses lab made spike proteins that mimic the covid spike proteins to train our body to fight off an infection. It's the standard method that's been used for decades and has had the highest recorded efficacy of all vaccines thus far. Hopefully given its traditional nature it will be approved for the under 12 category and I personally believe it should be the vaccine prioritized for anyone under 18

Novavax for children is not very far along, though, is it? They are just doing the 12+ trials now.

I think BioNTech/Pfizer will likely be the first one available for under-12s, and that's likely still six months away.