FactCheck: Benefits outweigh risks of pediatric COVID vaccine, contrary to posts misusing VAERS data
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System can detect possible safety issues in vaccines, but anyone can submit an unverified report, and viral messages continue to misuse the VAERS data, and flawed calculations, to claim the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children is unsafe. Read more» 
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