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Originally Posted by Pierre
In regards to the question of vaccinating children, which is the nub of your post. It is not anti-vax to be hesitant and even critical of the need to vaccinate a cohort where the evidence is extremely thin as to the benefit it provides. As I understand it , the difference in impact to the health of the child due to potential side-effects of the Vaccine v's the impacts of the health of the child contracting Covid are negligible.
There is no tangible benefit. So for my two young children I'm not going to stick anything in their arm that isn't going to be of any benefit to them.
That's not anti-vax.
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The scientific evidence is clear on the benefit of vaccinating children around the world. Regulators - again around the world - have deemed the vaccines both safe and effective.
To deny that is literally to follow anti-vax narratives. As I had clearly stated in my post above. Your position is not hesitant - you clearly claim without evidence that there is no tangible benefit.
Interesting that you took a booster though - was it not you a mere few months back talking about the benefits of sending vaccines to Africa instead? For someone who vociferously argued that allowing the virus to spread was a coherent strategy due to the risks being extremely low (even without vaccination) you are certainly keen to hedge the odds in your favour at every opportunity.
Apologies if it was someone else, but nobody else springs to mind.