Commentary On Nov. 19, Health Canada authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds. Its decision followed in the footsteps of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization on Oct. 29 for the same age group. Canadian public health authorities are now ramping up clinics in and near schools. Toronto Mayor John Tory has promised selfie stations, colouring sheets, stickers, and more to help children enjoy their jabs. They’re coming for your kids. The test of the morality of a society, said German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is what it does for its children—or in this case, what it does to them. Pfizer’s trial tested the vaccine on a grand total of 3,109 children in two cohorts. The safety follow-up for the first was two and a half weeks; for the other, about three months. Traditionally, vaccines are studied for safety for several years. The …
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