Covid Vaccines and Children
Underreported information for parents desiring truly informed consent
We’ve probably reached one of the most fierce and contentious periods in the rollout of covid vaccines now that the shots have been made available for children ages 5-11. For parents who are now confronted with the decision of whether or not to have their children vaccinated, I wanted to provide some information that has not been widely reported but that I think most parents would want to know before making this decision. I fully believe that parents desire to make the best decisions for their children, and I believe different parents can and will make different choices for their kids depending on a variety of factors and differing convictions. The links and information below are in no way an intent to override convictions or the right of parents to make the best decisions they can for their children; to the contrary, the resources below are simply meant to help parents have as much information as possible so that they can weigh the risks and benefits for their children. As has been the case with every single post I’ve ever written related to covid, I simply want others to be aware of the risks and benefits so that they can make truly informed decisions. With this said, here are a few links that I hope will prove helpful:
(1) FDA voting member on whether the vaccines are safe for children:
“We're never going to learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it. That’s just the way it goes.” (click the Tweet for the video).
(2) Brief but thorough article noting serious concerns about the FDA’s risk-benefit analysis for kids:
“Ten red flags in the FDA's risk-benefit analysis of Pfizer's EUA application to inject American children 5 to 11 with its mRNA product”
https://tobyrogers.substack.com/.../ten-red-flags-in-the...
(3) Good review of the extremely small risks children face from covid-19 in comparison to the known and unknown risks of vaccination:
https://brownstone.org/.../dear-pfizer-leave-the.../
(4) One more from a well-respected medical professor:
“Children Shouldn’t Get COVID-19 Vaccines, Harvard Professor Says”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/.../children-shouldnt-get...
Of note from this last article:
“Children are more likely to contract serious disease or die from the annual influenza, or the flu, than COVID-19, according to data and studies that Kulldorff has reviewed. Just 195 children under the age of 4 and 442 between 5 and 18 have died from COVID-19 in the United States as of Oct. 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children are 15 times less likely to be hospitalized with the disease than individuals who are 85 or older, and 570 times less likely to die, the agency says.
“One example is from Sweden, during the first wave in the spring of 2020, which affected Sweden quite strongly,” Kulldorff said. “But Sweden decided to keep daycare and schools open for all children ages 1 to 15. And there are 1.8 million such children who got through the first wave without vaccines, of course, without masks, without any sort of distancing in schools.
“If a child was sick, they were told to stay home. But that was basically it. And you know how many of those 1.8 million children died from COVID? Zero. Only a few hospitalizations. So this is not a risky disease for children.”
I have additional articles and information I’m happy to share with anyone who is interested. Feel free to send me an email and I’ll be glad to send you anything I can.