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This afternoon.

Further to the Taoiseach Micheal Martin’s call on parents to get their children vaccinated promising separate ‘child-friendly’ COVID-19 vaccination clinics for five to 11-year-olds in the new year…

…Via Daily Expose:

‘86% of 12-15-year old Children suffered an Adverse Reaction to the Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine in the Clinical Trial’

The information is publicly available and contained within a US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) fact sheet which can be viewed here (see page 25, table 5 on-wards).

That fact sheet contains two tables that detail the alarming rate of side effects and damage experienced by 12 – 15- year-old children who were given at least one dose of the Pfizer mRNA injection.

The tables shows that 1,127 children were given one dose of the mRNA jab, but only 1,097 children received the second dose. This fact in itself raises questions as to why 30 children did not receive a second dose of the Pfizer jab.

Of the 1,127 children who received a first dose of the jab 86% experienced an adverse reaction. Of the 1,097 children who received a second dose of the jab 78.9% experienced an adverse reaction.

‘1 in 9 Children suffered a Severe Adverse Reaction leaving them unable to perform daily activities in the Pfizer Clinical Trial’

For children 12 to 15 years of age, the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial found the overall incidence of severe adverse events which left them unable to perform daily activities, during the two-month observation period to be 10.7%, or 1 in 9, in the vaccinated group and 1.9% in the unvaccinated group.

Consequently, children who received the vaccine had nearly six times the risk of a severe adverse event occurring in the two-month observation period compared to children who did not receive the vaccine. In addition, the incidence of Covid-19 in the unvaccinated group was 1.6%, therefore, there were almost seven times more severe adverse events observed in the vaccinated group than there were Covid-19 cases in the unvaccinated group.

This information is all freely available to see in official Food and Drug Administration (FDA) documents and official Centre for Disease Control (CDC) documents.

‘The risk of Myocarditis (Heart Inflammation) in Children due to the Pfizer Vaccine’

Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle, whilst Pericarditis is inflammation of the protective sacs surrounding the heart. Both are serious conditions due to the fact the heart muscle cannot regenerate, and both conditions have officially been added to the safety labels of the Pfizer jab and Moderna jab by the MHRA (see here).

Myocarditis and pericarditis happen very rarely in the general (unvaccinated) population, and it is estimated that in the UK there are about 6 new cases of myocarditis per 100,000 patients per year and about 10 new cases of pericarditis per 100,000 patients per year.

The MHRA has undertaken a thorough review of both UK and international reports of myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination against Covid-19 due to a recent increase in reporting of these events in particular with the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, with a consistent pattern of cases occurring more frequently in young males.

A Scientific Study published on the JAMA network, has also found that the incidence of myocarditis among vaccinated individuals is at least double what Health Authorities are claiming.

Fight!

13 reasons why 5 to 11-year-old Children should not be given the Covid-19 Vaccine (Daily Exposé)

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HSE Vaccination Lead Damien McCallion at the HSE covid briefing in Dr Steevens’ Hospital this afternoon

This afternoon.

Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin 2.

Via RTE News:

Figures provided by the HSE show that vaccines started this week in paediatric hospitals, the portal will open on 28 December for high-risk children, remaining high-risk children will vaccinated from the week of 3 January in vaccination centres with dedicated clinics.

Jabs for all other five to 11 years old will commence on 10 January.

HSE Vaccination Lead Damien McCallion said the roll-out of booster vaccines for younger age groups will be announced by the end of this week (before Christmas).

“Yesterday was our busiest day for swabbing, the demand curve is increasing, what that translates to clinically we have to wait and see.”

Vaccines for 5-11 year olds from 10 January – HSE (RTÉ)

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Saturday.

Dublin city centre.

Protesters marching from the Department of Education to Smithfield Square via Henry Street against covid restrictions and measures, including the vaccination of children.

Sam Boal/RollingNews

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HSE CEO Paul Reid at the HSE covid briefing this afternoon

This afternoon.

Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin.

HSE CEO Paul Reid has said vaccinations will begin for children that are ‘high risk’ aged 5 to 11 next week.

More as we get it.

Yesterday: “A Small Cog”

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Bethesda Children’s Hospital in Budapest, Hungary this morning

This afternoon.

Via AFP:

Several European nations started vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 on Wednesday in an effort to contain a raging pandemic and keep schools open

Croatia, Germany, Spain, Greece and Hungary were among those opening up their inoculation drives to younger kids, with other nations [including Ireland] still weighing their approach.

“As soon as we offered the vaccine appointments, they were pretty much all snapped up,” said Jakob Maske, a Berlin-based doctor and spokesman for Germany’s association of paediatricians.

But he downplayed expectations. “Five to 11-year-olds only make up around three percent of the German population,” he told AFP, describing the immunisation impact as “a small cog” in the effort.

Europe Ramps Up Vaccine Drive For Children (Yahoo News)

Reuters

This morning.

Via Irish Times:

Parents who decide not to vaccinate their younger children against Covid-19 have been told they face a greater risk of missing school and other activities through contracting the virus.

The HSE, through an online information page, says: “If you decide not to get your child vaccinated, there is a greater risk they could get Covid-19.

“Their symptoms will most likely be mild if they get the virus, but they will still need to isolate from others. This means they may miss school and other activities.”

SE rolls out information campaign on children’s Covid vaccines (Irish Times)

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RollingNews

This morning.

Via Irish Times:

As the nation blindly rolls into a second week of our children’s faces being masked in primary school, I beg for pause.

As a play therapist and social worker I am currently experiencing a daily dread as we unbelievably ignore the essential role of our faces; for connection, for communication, for emotional regulation, for learning, for play.

This essential role is more significant with decreasing age. Lest we forget the infant experiencing all of its world through the face of the mother.

The recent recommendations of our Government is further disproportionately burdening our children, their communities and future.

Our faces are not disposable. The short-term harm is evident and long-term harm unfathomable.

Liz Barragry, Kinsealy, county Dublin

Irish Times Letters

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Anti-covid response measures protest in Dublin city last month

This morning

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee has recommended that Covid-19 vaccinations be offered to children aged five to 11 years.

The advice has been given to the Government today and around 480,000 primary school children will now be offered a vaccine.

More as we get it

NIAC recommends Covid-19 vaccine for 5-11 year-olds (RTÉ)

RollingNews

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Anti-mask mandate protest in Dublin last Friday

This morning.

Via RTÉ News:

The Department of Education has revised a controversial instruction issued to schools last week, which directed that older children should be refused entry to primary schools if they decline to wear a mask without medical reason.

In fresh guidance sent this morning, the department has told schools that “it is not intended that any child will be excluded from a school in the first instance“.

There was outcry last week after primary schools were directed in a memo sent late on Tuesday to refuse entry to older pupils who presented without masks.

Schools were initially told the instruction applied from Wednesday morning. However later the department clarified that “flexibility” would be allowed during the first couple of days.

That’ll learn them

Primary pupils won’t be excluded for no masks – Dept (RTÉ)

RollingNews

This morning.

Via Irish Times:

‘As the phone lines clog up at the general practice where I work with parents seeking an exemption for their children wearing masks at school, I see a glimmer of hope in the publication this week of William Reville’s examination of the limitations and fallibility of narrow scientific analysis (“‘Following the science’ is not enough in a pandemic”, December 2nd) along with Fintan O’Toole’s belated critique of the effective outsourcing of governmental authority to Nphet (Opinion, November 30th).

‘Doctors are trained to have a balanced and holistic understanding of the multiplicity of dimensions that define health and wellbeing, and also to determine when a health intervention is not worth the cost.

‘Children and younger adults have paid enough for the deficiencies of our health service over the past long months and should not be subject to any further steps which do not benefit them directly.’

Dr David O’Connell, Dublin 7

irish Times Letters

RoillingNews

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