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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.

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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...

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