questions like, why the rush to vaccinate, if kids, overall, haven’t become seriously unwell with covid, as researchers who analyzed child mortality in seven countries noted in the lancet.
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an american vaccine safety committee is investigating reports that some teens 16 and older developed myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, after receiving pfizer or moderna. the reports are “relatively few.” the cases seemed to occur more often in males than females, more often following dose two than dose one and typically within four days after vaccination. “most cases appear to be mild, and follow-up is ongoing,” the centers for disease control group said.
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the mrna doesn’t replicate in the human cell, and is rapidly broken down. it doesn’t enter the nucleus of the cell; it doesn’t affect the genetic material of the “host,” the canadian paediatric society said in its position statement recommending vaccination of all children aged 12 and over as soon as supplies permit.
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