Reminder: Public comment period closes today regarding whether COVID 19 vaccine boosters should only be available to people over 75 years old. They're obviously going to rule on the science, but one can interpret the same facts differently, e.g., whether only death and hospitalization are reasons to vaccinate, or whether long COVID or unknown future neurologic reactions (as happened with the 1918 flu) should be considered:
@Sr0bi
Paul Offit has consistently been dismissing the significance of COVID in young people. He's a pediatrician, and it's true kids usually have insignificant infections. But he's just not grasping what a kid would go through knowing he/she brought home the infection that killed a grandparent. And not dealing with elderly people with neurodegenerative diseases, he isn't as attuned to the possibility of a virus activating things like Parkinsons, multiple sclerosis, or ALS.
@EileenKCarpenter
Why would anyone think that's a good idea unless production is limited at this time?