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Should #children be vaccinated against #COVID19?

Our review outlines the points to consider in weighing up whether all healthy children under 12y should be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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#medpeds #IDTwitter #PaedsID #tweetiatrician #paediatrics

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As specialists in paediatric #InfectiousDiseases and #Vaccinology, we recognise enormous benefits of and strongly support child vaccination programmes

@Dr_Petzi @PittetLaure @adamhfinn @ajpollard1 @nigeltwitt

@unifr @unige_en @BristolUni @OxfordVacGroup @MCRI_for_kids @UniMelb
Our review highlights that the balance of risks and benefits of COVID-19 vaccination in children is more complex than in adults as the relative harms from vaccination and disease are less well established in this age group.

@ASIDANZ @ESPIDsociety @WSPID @PIDSociety @DFTBubbles
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I am blown away by the tech used in BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine.

#covid19 #vaccinology #vaccination

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First, they use mRNA to educate our immune system. This is the source code of it.

The CAP in first position acts like a file header. It has to be there otherwise nothing happens. (think like #! in Bash scripting).

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Second, our body runs a powerful antivirus system and will eliminate all foreign cells. It was found that if the U in RNA is replaced by a slightly modified molecule, our immune system loses interest.

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