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Professionals can draw recommendations based on scientific evidence using their own critical thinking. The authors& #39; interpretation is not sacred unless science has become scripture now. 1/n https://twitter.com/Chaitmac/status/1390611405586542593">https://twitter.com/Chaitmac/...
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">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...
"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">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...
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">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...
"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">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...
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/">https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/...
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/">https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/...
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
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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
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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
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As long as people can exercise free choice, we& #39;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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