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A comment on Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Children Aged 5–11 Years – US, Nov 3–Dec 19, 2021. Parent comment

Re:Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Children Aged 5–11 Years – US,... by incrudible on Friday December 31, 2021 @11:55AM (#29749836)
> You really think, if given the choice between killing their grandparents (with a high likelihood) and a 1/80,000 chance of serious side effects (and no reported deaths) from a vaccine, that most people should opt not to get the vaccine?

That is not the choice. Despite vaccination, there is a high likelyhood they will get infected, especially with Omikron. The residual risk posed to the parents and grandparents, who are expected to be vaccinated, is not mitigable by vaccination to a significant degree.

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Re:Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Children Aged 5–11 Years – US,... by jacquesm on Friday December 31, 2021 @12:27PM (#29750197)
Of course it is, because those parents and grandparents can also be vaccinated unless there is a severe contraindication that would upset the risk/benefit equation.
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Re:Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Children Aged 5–11 Years – US,... by incrudible on Friday December 31, 2021 @01:54PM (#29751205)
What's the incremental risk reduction of vaccinating the child? With Omicron?
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