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> Lets vaccinate them all These are not mandatory vaccines. They are merely approved. People can get them if they want them for their child. > Btw a chance to
by asdfquirky 4y ago
> Lets vaccinate them all
These are not mandatory vaccines. They are merely approved. People can get them if they want them for their child.
> Btw a chance to be electrocuted by lightning are 0.006536%
That doesn't seem to be anywhere close to the odds of getting struck by lightning, much less dying from a strike, as reported by the CDC and NWS.
https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-odds https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-odds
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/victimdata.html https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/victimdata.html
For example, there were only 444 total deaths from 2006 to 2021 due to lightning strikes. That doesn't even take into account the odds for certain age brackets.
The surface area for COVID infections and lightning strikes are two completely different things and shouldn't even be compared, even if you use accurate numbers. And last I checked, lightning strikes that are at all visible on the horizon during events, especially events concerning children, are taken very seriously.
- xyzzy123 4y agoI'm curious how the benefit-risk assessment for this approval works since both the benefits and risks of the vaccine appear to be negligible in this age group. Sure it produces antibodies. It's good that it's "sort of effective" for a few months after the second dose (numbers like 50% and 30% effective over a very short follow-up period ie not very). We're told it reduces risk of severe disease and that's plausible but I don't see any indication that was actually measured for this age group (or at least, they didn't mention those results in the announcement). So, why?
- jokethrowaway 4y agoSure, like covid vaccines were never mandatory. You just had to do 3 tests per day and couldn't travel or go to school or hold your job without it.