Posted on 03/28/2021 5:44:31 AM PDT by ransomnote
Photo: Shawn Rocco/Duke Health via AP. In this Wednesday, March 24, 2021 image from video provided by Duke Health, Alejandra Gerardo, 9, looks up to her mom, Dr. Susanna Naggie, as she gets the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations during a clinical trial for children at Duke Health in Durham, N.C. In the U.S. and abroad, researchers are beginning to test younger and younger kids, to make sure the shots are safe and work for each age.
Associated Press Created: March 26, 2021 10:20 AM The 9-year-old twins didn’t flinch as each received test doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine -- and then a sparkly bandage to cover the spot.
“Sparkles make everything better,” declared Marisol Gerardo as she hopped off an exam table at Duke University to make way for her sister Alejandra.
Researchers in the U.S. and abroad are beginning to test younger and younger kids to make sure COVID-19 vaccines are safe and work for each age. The first shots are going to adults who are most at risk from the coronavirus, but ending the pandemic will require vaccinating children too.
“Kids should get the shot,” Marisol told The Associated Press this week after the sisters participated in Pfizer’s new study of children under age 12. “So that everything might be a bit more normal.” She's looking forward to when she can have sleepovers with friends again.
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My daughter is breastfeeding and got the Moderna. Pediatrician says immunity should go to the baby.
there is no reason to vaccinate children under 17 if the adults they interact with are vaccinated.
Of course...I’m honored.
I’m so happy to see some real math used:
Per CDC, as of March 27, 2021, the case fatality rate (CFR) in the US (fatalies where COVID19 was listed as a comorbidity on the death certificate divided by total cases) was 1.77%.
The CFR for people from birth through 4 years of age was 0.02% (102 fatalities).
The CFR for people ages 5-17 was 0.01% (227 fatalities).
As a group, the CFR for people under 18 is about 1-in-8200, akin to the chance of dying for all ages from an accidental firearm discharge.
These people can’t do long division, or perform basic risk management.
FWIW, the CFR for people 18-29 is 0.038%, which is comparable to the chance for all ages of dying from choking on food.
30 posted on 3/28/2021, 7:29:31 AM by DoodleBob
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