So FDA approval isn't the issue you made it out to be??cjdore wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:28 amhttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 021-06-01/egbertsouse wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:08 amYou do realize that the Pfizer vaccine has had FDA approval for those 16 and older since August. Does that change your mind about the Pfizer vaccine?
From the link you provided (and it's several months old):
"However, the group also said data from another database -Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) - did not show that rates of myocarditis or pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination differed from expectations. The VSD has data from nine healthcare organizations and can be used to compare vaccinated populations to unvaccinated ones.
Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said that parents should still vaccinate their kids because of the known risks of COVID-19, including multi-system inflammatory syndrome.
"This issue of a transient myocarditis associated with a vaccine is at the moment a theoretical and unproven risk," Offit said. "So I think that in the world of trying to weigh relative risks, the disease is a greater risk."
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said last week that heart inflammation after receiving the Pfizer vaccine had been no cause for concern as such incidents were similar rate to those in the general population. It added at the time that young men were particularly prone to the condition."
Most any medical treatment or vaccine has risks associated with it. The question is are those risks greater or less than going untreated/unvaccinated. For the COVID-19 vaccines the balance is clearly in favor of being vaccinated.