( Great news ) White House rolls out plan to vaccinate kids ages 5 to 11 against Covid

[BeckyDem]

An FDA advisory committee is expected to meet next week to discuss Pfizer and BioNTech's request to authorize their vaccine for children in that age range.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/white-house-rolls-out-plan-vaccinate-kids-ag

[Botany]

1. Grown ups are back

n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Cue the anti-vaxx conspiracy nuts.

[BeckyDem]

3. Unfortunately, they are a given.

Mom's and Dad's screaming for freedom for their children while they do their "research." I am so sick of them.

[lagomorph777]

4. At least now, decent parents will have the option to protect their own kids,

from the assholes' kids.

[BeckyDem]

6. Absolutely.

I am thrilled it is time for children to be safe too.

[lagomorph777]

8. You appear to be confused.

You're in the wrong forum. We don't buy right-wing anti-science anti-vax idiocy around here.

"Do your own research" is often used as a joke here, for good reason.

[lagomorph777]

14. Your post is riddled with lies.

For example, calling the mRNA vaccines "experimental gene therapy". Literally billions of doses have been administered, more than just about any pharmaceutical in history. The death rate from COVID depends on which variant, but is somewhere around 1% to 2%, i.e. 10 to 20 times higher than your lie.

Unvaccinated Americans have died at 11 times the rate of those fully vaccinated since the delta variant became the dominant strain, indicate surveillance data gathered over the summer by the US Centers for Disease Control.

Vaccinated people were 10 times less likely to be admitted to hospital and five times less likely to be infected than unvaccinated people, found one study that tracked adults across 13 states and cities.

[BeckyDem]

13. I was getting a bit concerned about what was taking so long.

Research they'll likely continue.

Thank you.

[johnp3907]

16. You made an account just to post this?

Back under the bridge with you!

[NewHendoLib]

17. it's long time nemesis Library Girl, professional DU troll!

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Same message every time - but this incarnation only got the one in...

[ARPad95]

7. Good because the age group with the highest percentage of confirmed Covid-19 cases right now

in Onondaga County, NY is 0 - 19 years old at 20.9% followed by the 20 - 29 years old group at 19.5%

https://covid19.ongov.net/data/#casedemoc

Confirmed Cases by Age: Onondaga County

0-19 years 20.9%
20-29 years 19.5%
30-39 years 15.2%
40-49 years 12.1%
50-59 years 13.3%
60-69 years 9.5%
70-79 years 4.9%
80-89 years 3.0%
90+ years 1.5%

Data updated weekly, last update: 10/19/2021
Source: OCHD Get the data Created with Datawrapper

60 and older groups are doing so much better. Most likely the difference is being vaccinated!

[BeckyDem]

9. Thanks for adding that!

Important stats.

[ARPad95]

11. You're welcome. Even though the County Executive is Republican, he's been very good with handling

the pandemic by relying on science and the data.

[BeckyDem]

12. Thank goodness some are.