“Syracuse, N.Y. – An 8-month-old baby boy from Baldwinsville (a suburb of Syracuse, NY) is the youngest person in the world to receive two doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine,” reports Syracuse.com. “Vincenzo “Enzo” Mincolla got his second dose Wednesday at SUNY Upstate Medical University where he is participating in a clinical trial.”
“Upstate is just one of four sites in the U.S. , the only places in the world, testing the Pfizer vaccine in children under age 5. So far the federal government has only approved the vaccine for children as young as 12.”
“Enzo is one of 16 infants at the four sites participating in Phase 1 of the trial that includes kids ages 6 months to 2 years old. Enzo, who got his first shot three weeks ago when he was 7 months old, is the youngest, according to Dr. Joseph Domashowske, an Upstate pediatric infectious disease doctor and the trial’s principal investigator. There are five other babies participating in the Upstate trial. Enzo’s parents, Mike and Marissa Mincolla, are doctors. “We both feel it’s important to end this pandemic, and the quickest and safest way is to vaccinate our way out of it,” Mike Mincolla said.”