(Second of two parts)
With the recent approval of the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the use of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on adolescents aged 12-15 years old, quite a number of parents were glad that their adolescent and teenage children can now avail of the vaccine, in preparation for the possible resumption of in-person classes by August this year.
Since adolescent children are not of legal age and parents have to legally decide for them, it is incumbent upon the parents to diligently study the expected benefits vis–vis the potential risks of inoculating their adolescent and teenage children.
Impressive but misleading
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