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Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated by sjwalter on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:53PM (#28855909)
And here to me, it seems very obvious that vaccinating children is utter madness. Children are not at risk of covid.
Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated by MisterBastahrd on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:12PM (#28857800)
And here to me, knower of basic biology and observer of children, know that children spread viruses.

I sorta caught COVID from my kid and stuff. She sat in a class for 3 days with another infected child whose parents knew the child was infected but who also did not have an adequate plan in place to care for him during the day. It was a complete shitshow, and I permanently lost most of my sense of smell.

But thanks for your information.

Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated by lamontcg on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:49PM (#28857543)
Risks of the vaccine in kids are lower than the risks of MIS-C or myocarditis from the actual virus.

Children have a very low risk of COVID complications, but the risk of vaccine complications is even lower.

Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated by lamontcg on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @09:11PM (#28859462)
Risk of Myocarditis from COVID-19 Infection in People Under Age 20: A Population-Based Analysis.

> Conclusions

> Myocarditis (or pericarditis or myopericarditis) from primary COVID19 infection occurred at a rate as high as 450 per million in young males. Young males infected with the virus are up 6 times more likely to develop myocarditis as those who have received the vaccine.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.23.21260998v...

Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated by thephyber on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @03:35PM (#28856518)
It depends what you think the intent of vaccination is.

The 3 vaccines authorized / approved in the USA all significantly reduce the probability of severe disease, the duration of contagiousness, and the magnitude of contagiousness.

I would agree that severe disease is already exceedingly rare among that population, but the contagiousness issue is more of a trade off of multiple factors.