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Professionals can draw recommendations based on scientific evidence using their own critical thinking. The authors' interpretation is not sacred unless science has become scripture now. 1/n https://twitter.com/Chaitmac/status/1390611405586542593
The authors of the study originally said:
"The estimated IFR is close to zero for children and younger adults " 2/n
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v4.full.pdf
"The estimated IFR is close to zero for children and younger adults " 2/n
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v4.full.pdf
Then when the paper was published, they tweaked their sentence so as not to sound like they are drifting away from fearmongering.
"The estimated age-specific IFR is very low for children and younger adults (e.g., 0.002% at age 10 and 0.01% at age 25)" 3/n https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v7
"The estimated age-specific IFR is very low for children and younger adults (e.g., 0.002% at age 10 and 0.01% at age 25)" 3/n https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v7
Are we arguing here whether 0.002% is very low or close to Zero? Wich is a more accurate description?
I think we can safely say that the IFR is close to Zero.
@carlheneghan also agrees with me.
âMortality in children seems to be near zero (unlike flu).â 4/ https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/
I think we can safely say that the IFR is close to Zero.
@carlheneghan also agrees with me.
âMortality in children seems to be near zero (unlike flu).â 4/ https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/
Based on this epidemiological fact that the IFR for children and young people is almost Zero, I can exercise my intellectual capacity and use my critical thinking- whether the authors of the original study like it or not- and make some recommendations to parents:
5/n
5/n
Children and young people do not benefit from the COVID-19 vaccine as their risk from the disease is almost nil. Mass vaccination and vaccine trials on healthy children are therefore unethical. 6/n
Vaccinating this population diverts resources away from the vulnerable & other more pertinent health issues (such as child starvation or routine pediatric vaccination). Families of children & young people with severe comorbidities should consult their physician for guidance. 7/n
Children and young people should not be sacrificed at the altar of the #ZeroCovid ideology.
This is an unrealistic goal to achieve.
Herd immunity can be reached through natural immunity in the young and healthy and optional vaccination in the vulnerable. 8/n
This is an unrealistic goal to achieve.
Herd immunity can be reached through natural immunity in the young and healthy and optional vaccination in the vulnerable. 8/n
@PanData19 we believe in some core principles in public health:
1. informed consent
2. bodily autonomy
3. freedom of choice
4. interventions must be based on needs
5. cost-effective allocation of resources
6. reduction of total harm
9/n
1. informed consent
2. bodily autonomy
3. freedom of choice
4. interventions must be based on needs
5. cost-effective allocation of resources
6. reduction of total harm
9/n
People are free to use their judgment and follow our recommendations or the recommendations of #zerocovid zealots.
10/n
10/n
As long as people can exercise free choice, we're fine. Once people lose their freedom to choose and they are fearmongered, manipulated, bribed, and coerced into certain options, then we are doomed. 11/n
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