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Re:Do climate models predict extreme weather? by avereveard on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:58AM (#29863740)
> My experience and that of two of my three adult children is that it was like a slight bruise at the injection site for about 24 hours. The other child felt slightly under the weather for a couple of days, similar severity to having a cold. We all had Pfizer.

so, an inflammatory response.

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Re:Do climate models predict extreme weather? by carschno on Sunday January 09, 2022 @10:23AM (#29864002)
How is that bad? A vaccine is designed to cause a response by the immune system; this is certainly not pleasant, but exactly the trade against the potentially much worse effects of an actual infection.
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Re:Do climate models predict extreme weather? by xyzzyz on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:11PM (#29865805)
Feeling “slightly under the weather for a couple of days, similar severity to having a cold” is what Covid looks like in most children.

Covid infection is “potentially” much worse, that’s true, but so is a drive to a vaccination site — the child might die or get seriously injured in a traffic accident. What matters is not the “potential” but rather the actual likelihood, the expected value. Has Covid been dangerous to children? The answer is, rather overwhelmingly, no.

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