You know what just hit me when I read about 100% of the patients in LA County public system in hospital with COVID being unvax'd or see this in SF much smaller numbers (unvax'd in hospital) or see data from around country that 99% of those in hospital are unvax'd?
The vaccines are extraordinarily effective (even against the delta variant) since the PHE England data said Pfizer 96% preventative against hospitalizations. And it reminds me of this yellow line from the clinical trials that show such high protection against hospitalization 
Efficacy is the term for outcomes in clinical trial; effectiveness is what you see in "real life". And effectiveness mirroring efficacy (even with delta variant) is unusual for a drug or vax. CDC publicly-available data doesn't show increase in hospitalizations in kids
So, the best thing we can do for children right now is to get as many adults vaccinated as possible while young children clinical trials of vax are ongoing, especially anyone who will be teaching children or sending them to school (e.g. teachers/parents). Thanks
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