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> The science we have so far says the virus is safer for children than the vaccine. We have no such data.

• postalrat 6y ago
  Which is why we aren't giving children the vaccine. The virus is considered safer at this point.
  • bluGill 6y ago
    Only because we haven't done all the studies to prove the vaccines work. Vaccines safe for adults are pretty much all safe for children. However the children generally need different doses from adults so work is needed to figure out the correct dose. A some point a child's (baby) immune system isn't mature enough to react to the vaccine, this doesn't mean the vaccine is dangerous, it just means it does nothing but hurt.
  • anonuser123456 6y ago
    We also do not give children the virus. Currently we do not give children the vaccine because the relative value of giving it to the elderly vs. children is considerably tilted towards the elderly and it is a limited resource. It does not imply anything about the safety of the vaccine vs. virus itself in that age group.