Readers respond to last week’s Feedback Friday topic, which was:
Vax Your Children Well
The big news to break nationally and statewide this week is the FDA’s authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. There are an estimated 515,000 children of this age range in Maryland.
And on Wednesday morning, Governor Larry Hogan announced that the state’s health officials authorized providers to immediately begin holding clinics, scheduling appointments, and vaccinating the children; local school systems will offer vaccination clinics directly to reach the most children.
Our questions to you:
Do you agree with the FDA’s approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11?
And are you comfortable vaccinating your children?
Here’s what you said:
Definitely NOT in favor of it. And opposed to ALL vaccine mandates.
Stacey Smith, Annapolis
Yes, although my son won't be 5 until spring. I'm actually happy that I'm forced to wait 5 months before he is eligible. I want to take note of how the vaccine goes with his young peers (to see how they fare.) I think the forced extra time because of his age is good (for us!) to provide more reassurance that the Pfizer dosage is safe for this younger age group.
Dana Strotman, Edgewater
You know things are way out of hand when they want to vaccinate young children who have virtually no risk of serious illness from Covid. Their risk from taking an unproven vaccine is much greater. Would not want my child to be a guinea pig for big pharma, who are profiting enormously from these vaccines. Adults are only supposedly safe when they get not 1 but 2 or more vaccine shots and continue to wear a mask. Despite those precautions these fully vaccinated adults are still getting Covid (supposedly not as bad, but how can they determine that?). The only way any of this makes any sense is to follow the money because it leads to big pharma and the politicians they support at our expense.
Julia Jones, Edgewater
Too small of a sampling and unknown longterm effects.
Gail Lundberg, Centreville
Absolutely unequivocally not in favor of forced children vaccination...this entire plague farce has gone far enough.
Gerard Hall, Annapolis