Microblog: Is the COVID-19 Vaccine Safe for Children?

As many as 28 million young Americans (5-to-11-year-old children) will be eligible to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

SOURCE: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-28-million-children-white-house-plan/

🚩5 million children under 18 years old have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.

SOURCE: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/10/08/covid-19-kids-cases-hospitalizations-deaths/8361479002/

🚩In terms of Long-Covid: In one study, 8% of 151 children with mostly mild infections had some Covid symptoms for up to 8 weeks. All had fully recovered by 3–6 months.

SOURCE: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/re-long-term-and-chronic-effects-covid-19-children

🚩Estimated Covid pediatrics deaths: 542 pediatric deaths (0–17 years of age) have occurred between May 2020 to Oct. 7, 2021.

SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/health/covid19-childrens-hospitals-crisis/index.html

🚩The Math: 542 deaths of 5 million infections is a risk of 0.0001084%.

Note: 542 deaths include 0–17 years of age. The COVID death rate of children ages 5–11 is less.