Quote (Black XistenZ @ Aug 27 2021 02:17pm)
Afaik, this is not true for very young age groups. For those younger than 16 or 18, complications from covid are so rare that the rarity is on the same level as that of the (also extremely rare) severe vaccination effects like myocarditis. So for the very young, the risk-benefit analysis is not as clear-cut as you pretend it is.
But yeah, everyone above 25 or so should 100% get vaccinated; everyone above 16 is most likely better off getting the jab too.
not correct from what i am reading:
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Now a study in the US has analysed how often myocarditis occurs following infection with the coronavirus. Researchers analysed the records of healthcare organisations that cover a fifth of the US population. They found that, during the first 12 months of the pandemic, males aged 12 to 17 were most likely to develop myocarditis within three months of catching covid-19, at a rate of about 450 cases per million infections.
This compares with 67 cases of myocarditis per million males of the same age following their second dose of a Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine, according to figures from the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Researchers added together cases after first and second doses to reach atotal rate of 77 cases per million in this male age group triggered by vaccination, a sixth that seen after infection.
this misinformation is understandable, myocarditis red flags were raised after the initial reports of 16-24 year old males were seeing reports of 4-5x the expected rate of myocarditis. however when controlled against infection rates it's still far lower, even if both are rare. and myocarditis among 16-24 year old males in both infection and vaccination is the most unexpected result doctors are reporting afaik. so its the most extreme case to analyze.
Quote (TiStuff @ Aug 27 2021 02:28pm)
meh bullchit you saw some of those CDC numbers and bailed for mere assertion fallacy.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133462-800-myocarditis-is-more-common-after-covid-19-infection-than-vaccination/above sourced.
This post was edited by thesnipa on Aug 27 2021 01:31pm