US FDA memo links at least 10 child deaths to Covid vaccines

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Ten? Out of how many millions?

If you're in the industry this could be interesting.

If you're in to policy, this is a red herring.

How many children survived covid thanks to vaccines? How many elderly avoided getting covid due to vaccinated children.

You're right it's a red herring.

It's at least ten out of 96 deaths reviewed. If those are a random sample, then these findings are incredibly alarming.

They are not alarming without some significant context. At the very minimum, what was the health status of the people who died? People at high risk of heart issues would be more likely affected. But also COVID itself causes heart inflammation, especially in young people, so the interesting ratio is really the chance of death from Covid vs chance of death from vaccine.

10 out of 96 can be either alarming or an amazing positive outcome. Without more context, it's not actionable and mostly irrelevant.

Ten out of 96 my friend. Did you read the article?

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