Joseph Domachowske, MD, specializes in pediatric infectious diseases at the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital.

Children ages 5 to 11 are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. Why they should be vaccinated, what sort of protection the vaccine will provide and other details for parents are explained by pediatric infectious disease specialist Joseph Domachowske, MD. He also covers possible side effects, children who have had COVID-19 infections, those who are immune compromised and what lies ahead for children younger than 5. Domachowske is a professor of pediatrics and of microbiology and immunology at Upstate and is also the principal investigator of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial underway at Upstate that was one of the first sites in the world to enroll children under 5 years of age. (Click here for a New England Journal of Medicine article about the research behind the children's vaccine; Domachowske is one of the authors.)