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Are Booster Shots for Kids Safe and Effective?

A CDC study in February 2022 concluded that 75.2 percent of children under age 11 already have natural immunity to COVID 19. Marty Makary MD, MPH -- a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine -- wrote in Newsweek ("Why America Doesn't Trust the CDC," 10 June 2022): "Two weeks ago, with no outcomes data on COVID-19 booster shots for 5-to-11-year-olds, the [CDC] vigorously recommended the booster for all 24 million American children in that age group." The CDC cited a small study of 140 children that a Pfizer spokesperson said did not determine the efficacy of the booster.