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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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.
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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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Replying to @GidMK @AlastairMcA30 and
Here's your evidence "The estimated IFR is close to zero for children and younger adults”https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33289900/
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Look again, that quote is incorrect for the published version
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