Sweden stops vaccinating children

Low risk of serious illness and death means it is pointless

Yesterday the Swedish authorities ended the general recommendation for healthy children between the ages of 12 and 17 to get vaccinated.

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Rekommendation om allmän vaccination mot covid-19 för barn 12–17 år tas bort

folkhalsomyndigheten.seRekommendation om allmän vaccination mot covid-19 för barn 12–17 år tas bort — FolkhälsomyndighetenDen allmänna rekommendationen till grundfriska barn i åldrarna 12–17 år om att vaccinera sig mot covid-19 upphör efter den 31 oktober. Anledningen är den mycket låga risken för allvarlig sjukdom och död i covid-19 hos barn och unga. Fortsättningsvis är det barn i särskilda grupper som rekommenderas…

The reason given was that the risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19 in children and young people is very low.

They say that during the pandemic, few children and young people became seriously ill and subsequent variants are increasingly mild. Moreover, immunity in this age group is very high.

This decision comes into force at the end of this month, so from 1 November only children in special categories with increased sensitivity (i.e. immunosuppressed) to Covid, will be offered vaccination.

For all healthy children and young people, according to the Public Health Agency and representatives from the Swedish Paediatric Association, SARS-CoV-2 will be considered as a common respiratory virus.

However, they still recommend that anyone over 18 should have three doses. I wonder how long until this advice is also changed.