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This thread is about children under 5.

It is pointless to quote rates without their context (country, age, virus strain, month, etcetera).

Case in point: fully vaccinated boys without medical comorbidities in the US between ages 12 and 17 from January to June 2021 got myocarditis at 370–610% (ages 12–15) / 210–350% (12–17) higher rates than their risk of COVID-19 hospitalization.

(Edit: forgot the source :P) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.30.21262866v...

I have wondered how much of statistics like this are due to the level of observation.

Post vaxx kid: "I don't feel good." Doctor: Let's check you for this myocarditis thing I've read about.

Pre-2020 kid: "I don't feel good." Doctor: You're probably fine.

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