[caethan]

The risks of Covid to children is, as you say, extremely low. The risk of the Pfizer vaccine to children is even lower.

Right now those "individuals with an underlying complex disability" are not allowed to get vaccinated because the vaccine has not been approved for young children, even with an emergency use authorization.

I think the parents of children with disabilities that make Covid more potentially dangerous for them ought to be allowed to vaccinate their child. Do you disagree?

[choward]

I'm okay with approving it for kids but mandating is a whole different story.

[caethan]

I think we're at the point where public mandates are doing more harm than good. I am disappointed that there are so many people pushing back against simple approval of an effective vaccine because they are worried about an unnecessary mandate being imposed.

[peteradio]

Indeed. Even this panel discussed that they must keep in mind that what they are voting on is whether to release it for optional use not mandatory use. Unfortunately they have no bearing on whether the government bodies decide to mandate it.