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• Children's Health Defense

• • Vratesh Srivastava
  • 16 May 2022

  Vaccinating kids 5-11: Does the real world evidence support mass administration?

  "The vaccines have a concerning safety profile, relative to the risk of severe outcomes of Covid-19 among children"
  "Vaccine effectiveness against severe outcome is below the threshold of 50% set by FDA, and if we adjust for hospitalizations after the first dose, the vaccine effectiveness works out to be close to 0"
  Author: Vratesh Srivastava, Analytics Professional
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest
  

• • Vratesh Srivastava
  • 13 Apr 2022

  Corbevax For Adolescents: What we know & what we don’t

  "Based on the existing trial design, there’s no way to deduce if potential benefits will outweigh risks."
  "Additionally, we will not know from the trial design, what are the additional protective benefits the vaccine offers to someone naturally immune."
  Author: Vratesh Srivastava, Analytics Professional
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest
  

• • Dr Maya Valecha
  • 09 Apr 2022

  Children and Corona

  Author: Dr Maya Valecha, MD, DGO, Vadodara, Gujarat
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest
  

• • Amitav Banerjee
  • 12 Mar 2022

  COVID and Children| Dr.Amitav Banerjee | #SangamTalks

  Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Amitav Banerjee
  • 12 Mar 2022

  UNICEF on COVID Children Vaccines| Dr.Amitav Banerjee | #SangamTalks

  Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Dr Amitav Banerjee
  • Counterview, 02 Apr 2022

  Cost-ineffective: New vaccine introduced for children, Corbevax, 'can't be efficacious'

  "Contrary to all scientific principles, childhood vaccines against Covid-19 are being rolled out in emergency mode without any emergency."
  "We have a whole lot of other neglected endemic diseases which kill many more children in India."
  Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Dr Sweta Raghavan
  • Deccan Herald, 24 Mar 2022

  Is the drug regulator doing its job?

  Vaccine approvals seem shrouded in secrecy. Has DCGI sought evidence of efficacy of vaccines against newer virus variants? Does it have data on ADE?
  "the DCGI approved Corbevax without any publicly available evidence or peer-reviewed publications of its Phase I/II & III clinical studies"
  Author: Dr. Sweta Raghavan, Founder & Director, Scientists & Co.
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Dr Amitav Banerjee
  • National Herald, 27 Feb 2022

  From China to Chandni Chowk

  Harsh measures did not stop the virus from traveling from China to Chandni Chowk. Vaccination of children is voluntary on paper but mandatory in practice. When shall we learn to read signals and learn lessons?
  Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Dr Amitav Banerjee
  • National Herald, 04 Feb 2022

  Who advised the Prime Minister to vaccinate children against Covid-19?

  PM’s announcement ran counter to what NTAGI advised. Children need more urgent vaccines than against Covid-19 as 2000 children die every day of preventable diseases for which vaccines are available
  Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Dr Amitav Banerjee
  • Empire Diaries, 12 Jan 2022

  "THE EFFECT OF VACCINE IS IRREVERSIBLE" Top Epidemiologist

  "Follow Science, Do Not Do Public Health Quackery," Dr. Amitav Banerjee Top Clinical Epidemiologist of The Country and Head of Community Medicine, Dr. D.Y Patel Medical College Pune urges the Govt.
  He Speaks With Scientific Evidence, Data And Logic.
  A top scientist's urgent advice to parents about vaccination. Listen to him, listen to science.
  Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Bhaskaran Raman
  • Outlook, 09 Jan 2022

  Do Pfizer’s Trial Results Justify Covid-19 Jabs For Kids?

  “the absolute risk reduction in severe Covid due to the jab, as per Pfizer’s own trial data, is not 90%, not even 2.27%, it is zero!”
  "what is the need for an irreversible medical intervention in terms of an unproven jab, when most Indian kids’ immune system has already fought off the virus without us even noticing it, when there are unknown long-term risks of the jab?"
  Author: Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Bhaskaran Raman
  • Rajasthan Patrika, 19 Oct 2021

  बच्चों के लिए कोरोना वैक्सीन कितनी जरूरी

  बच्चों में वैक्सीन के दीर्घगामी असर का अध्ययन करना बेहद जरूरी है
  Author: Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

• • Bhaskaran Raman
  • The Hindu, 15 Sep 2021

  Should children be given COVID-19 jabs?

  The debate on opening up schools should be delinked from the discussions on vaccinating children.
  Author: Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay
  Disclaimer: link
  Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
  

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