If approved by the federal government, Illinois will receive an initial shipment of nearly 500,000 doses of the vaccine. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said those does will be distributed to pharmacies, pediatricians and local health departments and clinics.
The risk of death from Covid-19 in all variants for a healthy child 5-11 years old is what? Zero. The risk of hospitalization? Effectively zero. So why are we adults (the risk holders) vaccinating healthy kids (no risk)? Fear? The vaccine reduces severe outcome risk for us older folks, sure. Also, kids with what we call ‘comorbidities’ will also have better outcomes, not if, but when they are infected. These two demographic groups should take the vaccine. But our otherwise healthy kids? Honest questions must be asked and answered: Do any of the vaccines stop the spread? Nope. Do any… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The risk of death from Covid-19 in all variants for a healthy child 5-11 years old is what? Zero. The risk of hospitalization? Effectively zero. So why are we adults (the risk holders) vaccinating healthy kids (no risk)? Fear? The vaccine reduces severe outcome risk for us older folks, sure. Also, kids with what we call ‘comorbidities’ will also have better outcomes, not if, but when they are infected. These two demographic groups should take the vaccine. But our otherwise healthy kids? Honest questions must be asked and answered: Do any of the vaccines stop the spread? Nope. Do any… Read more »