How is the Moderna vaccine: its effectiveness and application in children and adolescents | It is one of the messenger RNAs

The national government will sign an agreement with the Moderna laboratory next Monday for the acquisition of vaccines against the coronavirus. One of the characteristics of the vaccine is that it is one of the few that can be applied to children and adolescents.

Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine (codename mRNA-1273) was developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Advanced Biomedical Research and Development Authority (BARDA), two institutions in the The United States and modern business.

Efficiency

The efficacy is similar to that of the vaccine Pfizer or the Sputnik W. According to medical evidence to date, it begins to work two weeks after inoculation of the first dose, as in the rest of vaccines, greater effectiveness is achieved with full immunization. According to published scientific data, once a person receives both doses, the efficiency is 94.1%.

In studies conducted by the United States, there was 11 cases covid-19 in a vaccinated group of a total of 15,181 subjects; while in the placebo group they were infected 185 people. But the most important is that there were no serious cases in the vaccinated group, while there were in the placebo group.

Efficacy was found to be similar regardless of age group, gender, and racial or ethnic group; as well as in participants with co-morbidities associated with a higher risk of developing severe covid-19 (studies only included a universe of people aged 18 or older).

Effectiveness in minors

On May 25, 2021, a study of the efficacy of the vaccine in children of 12 to 18 years old developed by Modern, with a sample of 3700 subjects, found that it is 100% effective in preventing symptoms of covid-19. The study found no serious side effects. There have been a few cases of mild symptoms similar to those that have occurred in adults, such as fatigue, headache, muscle pain, and chills.

Storage

Moderna can be stored at the normal temperature of a standard medical refrigerator of 2 to 8 ° C for thirty days, or at -20 ° C for up to four months.

Possible side effects

• Tired
• Headache
• Muscle pain
• Trembling chills
• Fever
• Disease