Thread by @afshineemrani

There is trued madness in the medical and scientific community. They want to categorize you as a "vaxxer" or "anti-vaxxer". All medical decisions should be guided NOT by absolutes but by risk/benefit analysis. 1/

I highly encourage older and at-risk patients (multiple medical problems) to get vaccinated and boosted.

The vaccines significantly reduce the risk of hospitalization and death in higher-risk groups.

I do not encourage (nor discourage) children or younger people to get vaccinated. Why? They are at low risk. For the vast majority, Covid is nothing but the flu. With Omicron now being > 95% of Covid, this risk is even further reduced.

Given that almost everyone will be exposed to Omicron (it is so highly infectious) most will develop natural immunity to Omicron which provides both humoral immunity- B cell and longer-acting T cells- and mucosal immunity through IgA- which does not exist with vaccines.

Given that Omicron is weak and will infect most people on earth- even those fully vaccinated- it is quite possible that it will act as a natural vaccine for children and young adults who are already at low risk.

Given that vaccines do not block the transmission of virus from one person to another- I don't see a justification to mandate vaccines for young/children and or place vaccine mandates on them that can reduce their need to socialize.

We need to do a risk/ benefit analysis on all!

*TRUE madness