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Re:Australian gov to use facial recognition and GPS tracking... by 6nf on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:35PM (#28506168)
The government is moving to vaccinate younger and younger kids even though the risk to them from covid is much much less than the risks from the vaccines. In the UK the scientists specifically came out against vaccinating kids because the evidence is not there, but the UK govt is 'ignoring The Science' and moving ahead anyway.
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Re:Australian gov to use facial recognition and GPS tracking... by throwawayfear on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:49PM (#28506262)
Not only is the evidence not there, but there is new evidence as of a few days ago that it may actually be riskier for them to get the Pfizer jab than to get covid.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/10/boys-more-at-r...

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Re:Australian gov to use facial recognition and GPS tracking... by dane-pgp on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:52PM (#28506288)
To be fair, the UK government is not ignoring the scientific consensus that children are more likely to be harmed than benefit from the vaccine, as it knows full well the consequences of its policy. Instead, the government is ignoring the ethics of coercing the young (who can't vote for them) into undergoing a medical procedure which mostly protects the old (who do vote for them).
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