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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Wes Pegden‏ @WesPegden May 3

      Do child COVID vaccines merit blanket Emergency Use Authorization? With @sdbaral and @VPrasadMDMPH, we suggest the low COVID risk to children undercuts such a regulatory decision, and that accelerated mass child vaccination carries underappreciated risks.https://medium.com/@wpegden/covid-19-vaccines-in-children-6cdff15b2415?source=friends_link&sk=49487d63149fc87e859deedf0d577eba …

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    2. Alastair McAlpine, MD‏Verified account @AlastairMcA30 May 4
      Replying to @WesPegden @sdbaral @VPrasadMDMPH

      A poor paper, that makes completely inappropriate comparisons to older vaccines, and ignores the profound effect that covid had had on children beyond mortality or morbidity.

      4 replies 0 retweets 55 likes
    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 4
      Replying to @AlastairMcA30 @WesPegden and

      Interesting too that there is no evidence cited for this passage. Best evidence indicates a risk of death if infected from COVID-19 for 12-15 year olds of around 1 in 40-60,000, yet the article presents this as essentially no riskpic.twitter.com/W72CNpIxWf

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 4
      Replying to @GidMK @AlastairMcA30 and

      I'm all for discussing risk vs benefit, but there does not appear to be much engagement with the risk from COVID-19 here at all. It is obviously non-zero for children, even if it is much lower than for adults

      3 replies 0 retweets 32 likes
    5. Pierre A Fournier‏ @pafournier May 4
      Replying to @GidMK @AlastairMcA30 and

      Risk of death for 12-15yo is ~1 in 40-60,000 Risk of hospitalization is ~1 in 1,000(?) So vaccinating 1M 12-15yo could potentially prevent ~20 deaths and 1,000 hospitalizations? I see how we'd want a large trial sample to assess safety. I think the authors ask: is 1,131 enough?

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 4
      Replying to @pafournier @AlastairMcA30 and

      Sure, and that's potentially a useful discussion, but presenting this as a one-sided answer where there is no possibility of benefit for the majority of children is clearly incorrect

      1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
    7. Wes Pegden‏ @WesPegden May 4
      Replying to @GidMK @pafournier and

      Is this about our article? We do not suggest there is "no possibility of benefit for the majority of children". We are questioning whether EUA's for child vaccines are appropriate at this stage. These are different points. Indeed we urge a wider rollout after full approval.

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 4
      Replying to @WesPegden @pafournier and

      "EUA’s should be considered for children at genuinely high risk of serious complications from infection" - based on the evidence, this is true of all children, therefore why argue against EUAs?

      3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    9. Nick Douvis‏ @MedHatDentist May 4
      Replying to @GidMK @WesPegden and

      Do you have any long term studies on the negative vs positive effects of the vaccine on children? Please send if u do. It’s still all short term. There is a reason that we have had certain vaccine protocols in the past. To throw that out the window for kids is simply unethical.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 4
      Replying to @MedHatDentist @WesPegden and

      This is, of course, the challenge. Much is still uncertain, although we can infer based on quite a lot of prior knowledge some idea of the risks. I do agree that weighing those against benefits is not a simple task

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        2. Nick Douvis‏ @MedHatDentist May 4
          Replying to @GidMK @WesPegden and

          And so I believe Wes’s article is reasonable. The IFR (and negative long term effects) for kids is no worse than the flu (Especially, H1N1) for kids in anything that I’ve found. So I think it’s prudent to protect our kids with a process that has proven safe in the past.

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        3. Pierre A Fournier‏ @pafournier May 4
          Replying to @MedHatDentist @GidMK and

          I’d love to have an overview of the negative long term effects for kids vs the flu, do you have a reference? I have a 12yo so I’m super interested in understanding the individual risk.

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        1. M_P‏ @Reroot_Flyover May 4
          Replying to @GidMK @MedHatDentist and

          Yet that *is* the task. So how do you propose we go about it instead of dancing around it? Specifics would be helpful.

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