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Something interesting for those who might wonder what all the fuss is about vaccinating children aged 5-11 against Covid-19. The CDC gave an interesting, and incredibly important, perspective. They compared other vaccine-preventable diseases to COVID19 (see figure below). We vaccinate for diseases that have far less deaths and hospitalizations than COVID19. For example, we vaccinate children for hepatitis A. Hepatitis A had an annual average of 3 deaths before vaccines compared to COVID19 that has an annual average of 66 deaths before vaccines.
