Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and ineffective for Arizona's children. But pediatricians and vaccine studies say otherwise.
ublican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said she won’t mandate COVID-19 vaccination for children to attend school.
"We’re not going to force our precious, healthy children to get a shot that is already proving to be not only ineffective, it’s also proving to be dangerous," LakeFear and concern over vaccine safety have reduced vaccination programs’ reach. The challenge for pediatricians is that as of January 2022, COVID-19 was theCompared with that risk, physician Sean P.
"The best, overall summary of efficacy data to date finds a protective efficacy of 90% to 100% from the start of the pandemic through last May when omicron was circulating globally," Elliot said. Vaccine effectiveness can be measured in two ways. Researchers look to see whether the shot prevents people from ever getting COVID-19. They also measure how well the vaccines prevent serious illness. Elliot pointed to asurvey of many studies conducted in the United States and worldwide. Researchers focused on seven studies that met the highest standards of study design.
In one study, a trial of the vaccines used in the U.S. gave two doses to children ages 5 to 11. One week after the second dose, 90% of the children had not caught the disease. A similar trial for minors ages 12 to 17 found no cases after two weeks.in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that the Pfizer vaccine was 65% effective against PCR-confirmed infections and 82.7% effective against hospitalization for fully vaccinated children 5 to 11 years old.
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