In the Omicron era, the effectiveness against cases of BNT162b2 declined rapidly for children, particularly those 5-11 years. However, vaccination of children 5-11 years was protective against severe disease and is recommended.
“What severe disease?” is the next logical question. According to the CDC’s COVID Net, which covers approximately 10% of the U.S. population, the weekly case counts for children between the ages of 5 and 17 during the entire pandemic never broke 200. The highest level of lab-confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations recorded was 168:
According to the data from New York, vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization for children aged 5-11 dropped from 100% to 48%. Hospitalization rates in this age group are so low that the confidence interval, or the range of values for vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization in children this age, is 12% to 75%. The researchers note:
During this highest-incidence period, including for severe disease, for children, there were still relatively few children admissions. Additional data are needed to fully understand VE [vaccine effectiveness] trends against severe disease.
You can only get additional data if children get severely ill. This has not happened in large numbers anywhere in the world since March of 2022. Everyone should thank God for that. It is also unclear whether the researchers discounted pediatric hospitalizations where COVID-19 was not the admission diagnosis. Public reporting overestimates hospitalization and death rates thanks to incidental testing of all inpatients. In two studies in California, researchers found that pediatric admissions were inflated by approximately 40%. Even Dr. Fauci admitted most children get admitted to the hospital for something other than COVID-19.
What is important is universal compliance with your benevolent government masters. If some children have to die in order to reach 100% compliance, then they will just be glorious martyrs of the revolution!