Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 17, 2021
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Moderna asks Health Canada to approve its COVID-19 vaccine for children
Related posts:
- Pfizer to provide COVID vaccine trial data covering 5 to 11 year-olds to Health Canada for review and authorization. Company press releases are one thing but proper evaluation and scrutiny of the evidence is required.
- Coronavirus vaccine for children will not receive approval for use until clinical trials determine safety, efficacy, and the appropriate dosing. Information should start to become available in the first half of 2021 as trials get underway.
- Retracted Canadian study that reported 1/1000 risk of myocarditis from mRNA vaccine weaponized by anti-vaccination websites despite data correction by the authors to 1/25,000. Review system worked to uncover error but damage now done.
- End of week wrap up: Not being able to stand on one legs means you die earlier?, Alzheimer an autoimmune disease?, and COVID vaccines saved millions of lives according to Lancet-published study.