Post #55 COVID-19 Vaccine for 12 to 15 Year Old Adolescents

The Pfizer vaccine will soon be offered to 12-15 year olds, raising a mild conundrum for parents.Should they skip the vaccine, given that most children have fared well when infected with COVID-19 (many already having been infected)?  Or should they immunize their child(ren), even though the vaccine is relatively new and doesn ’t have a long track record?Vaccines have had their missteps, most notably the recalled RotaShield immunization in 1999. However, the recall of RotaShield and the recent temporary pause of the Johnson&Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should instill confidence in the robustness and capability of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.255 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given in the United States to date, with over one-third of the population being fully vaccinated. 1 out of 3 people you see today will be fully vaccinated, and if the immunizations were causing serious side effects, the data should have captured it by now.In March, Pfizer reported results from a study with 2,260 children ages 12 to 15. None who received the vaccine contracted COVID-19. There were 18 cases of COVID-19 among children who received the placebo.Thevaccine works in adolescents.I recently attended to a 15 year old male varsity soccer player with no past medical history, who ended up in the ICU for 10 days due to COVID-19 pneumonia. Thankfully, he survived. The vaccine would have prevented this.There have been over 275 deaths in children 18 years and you...
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