U.S. media – including the Tampa Bay Times – are complaining that pediatricians, clinics, and hospitals in Florida are unlikely to be supplied with the controversial Covid vaccines for children under five anytime soon.
The confidence intervals for Pfizer's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine are crazy.
— Ben (@USMortality) June 16, 2022
> Almost -400% (!!) efficacy lower end of the 95% CI.
> This could mean that it is within likelihood that vaccinated children have a almost 4x greater chance of getting sick with #Covid19. pic.twitter.com/b2OAhqQYC1
Vaccines’ cost-benefit ratio is highly controversial. The Florida state government is taking a stand against the CDC and not only not recommending Covid vaccination for children, as was the case in Sweden, for example, and for a long time in Germany, but even explicitly advising against it. Pfizer’s own data show that the Florida state government is not making a mistake.