Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
by chitowneats on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @05:59PM
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The part of the JCVI decision you omitted is:
"The medium- to long-term effects are unknown and long-term follow-up is being conducted.
Given the very low risk of serious COVID-19 disease in otherwise healthy 12 to 15 year olds, considerations on the potential harms and benefits of vaccination are very finely balanced and a precautionary approach was agreed." [1]
As a concerned parent, this is how I will be approaching vaccination for my sons.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-updated-advic...
So there’s a preprint stating that COVID-19 causes myocarditis at a higher rate than via vaccination. So it’s not quite clear to me whether or not, if looking at it from a risk of myocarditis, that not getting vaccinated is the better choice.
And according to the JCVI, it still is marginally beneficial to get vaccinated over not getting vaccinated. So it’s not like they are advising that natural infection is safer than vaccination.
“For otherwise healthy 12 to 15 year old children, their risk of severe COVID-19 disease is small and therefore the potential for benefit from COVID-19 vaccination is also small. The JCVI’s view is that overall, the health benefits from COVID-19 vaccination to healthy children aged 12 to 15 years are marginally greater than the potential harms.” [1]
[0] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.23.21260998v...
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-updated-advic...