“We have concluded that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for 5 to 11-year olds, with no new safety concerns identified."

Dr June Raine, Chief Executive @MHRAgovuk - 22 December 2021.

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Dr Raine also said: "We have carefully considered all the available data and reached the decision that there is robust evidence to support a positive benefit risk for children in this age group."
gov.uk/government/new…

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The vaccine has already been received by millions of children in this age group across the world.

As of December 22, 2021, the CDC recorded 6.1 million US children ages 5-11 have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
aap.org/en/pages/2019-…

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Kids aged 2 to school year 6 had the highest infection rate among all age groups (latest ONS data). With the UK Omicron wave & schools opening next week with minimal covid mitigations again, why are parents/carers not given the choice to give this vaccine to their children?

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An additional note about covid hospital admissions in kids: they are not negligible.

Between 25 November - 25 December in England, there were a total of 24,424 admissions, out of which 1,474 were children (6%).

Data source: coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/downlo…

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