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Kids Are More At Risk Of Dying From Seasonal Flu But The CDC Says They Should Get The COVID Jab Anyway


The Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted on Tuesday to authorize Pfizer’s COVID shot for children as young as 5 years old. Data suggests that kids are at lower risk of dying from COVID-19 than from the seasonal flu, but that didn’t stop CDC Director Rochelle Walensky from asking the advisers on the committee to vote yes to approving a low-dose version of the Pfizer shot to be administered to children twice beginning as early as this week.-- More...

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