> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Doctors Push Vax for Children - URL: https://goodoil.news/doctors-push-vax-for-children/ - Published: 2022-07-15T00:30:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-07-14T09:22:51.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: COVID-19, Health, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04 **Thorsteinn Siglaugsson** [brownstone.org](https://brownstone.org/articles/doctors-push-hard-for-child-vaccination-despite-their-own-research-showing-it-is-unnecessary/?ref=goodoil.news) *Thorsteinn Siglaugsson is an Icelandic consultant, entrepreneur and writer and contributes regularly to The Daily Sceptic as well as various Icelandic publications. He holds a BA degree in philosophy and an MBA from INSEAD. Thorsteinn is a certified expert in the Theory of Constraints and author of From Symptoms to Causes – Applying the Logical Thinking Process to an Everyday Problem.* --- According to a [study](https://journals.lww.com/pidj/Fulltext/9900/SARS%5FCoV%5F2%5FInfections%5Fin%5FIcelandic%5FChildren%5F%5FClose.124.aspx?ref=goodoil.news) recently published in the *Paediatric Infectious Disease Journal*, the risk of COVID-19 to children is truly minuscule. The study tracks the outcomes for Icelandic children with a positive COVID-19 test, covering all the children who tested positive during the study period. It concludes that out of the 1,749 children tracked, none had severe symptoms and no child needed hospitalisation. A fifth of the children showed no symptoms. It is curious, then, that when Icelandic health authorities decided to offer COVID-19 vaccination to 5-11-year-old children earlier this year, two of the four study authors were among the most vocal advocates of the policy. At the time, the health risks related to COVID-19 vaccines were becoming increasingly clear, with the rate of reported **serious adverse** effects in Iceland [75-fold](https://www.visir.is/g/20222204129d?ref=goodoil.news) the rate for flu vaccines in 2019\. The [French Medical Academy](https://www.academie-medecine.fr/should-children-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19/?lang=en&ref=goodoil.news) had recommended **against** vaccinating healthy young children, [Swedish](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-decides-against-recommending-covid-vaccines-kids-aged-5-12-2022-01-27/?ref=goodoil.news) authorities had decided **not to offer** them vaccination and the [JCVI](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-new-vaccination-advice-for-children-and-young-people?ref=goodoil.news) had **recommended against it.** But Icelandic authorities decided to go ahead with an organised campaign. Earlier, the study’s lead researcher, Dr. Valtyr Thors, a prominent paediatrician, had [said](https://www.lis.is/is/um-li/frettakerfi/ekki-astaeda-til-ad-bolusetja-born-vid-covid-19-valtyr-a-visi?ref=goodoil.news) vaccination was **not needed for young children**, but in January 2022 he suddenly reversed his opinion and strongly [recommended](https://www.visir.is/g/20222205809d?ref=goodoil.news) vaccination to “protect children against infection and serious illness”. At that time, the Omicron variant had already taken over in Iceland, and numbers showed vaccine protection against infection to be zero or [negative](https://dailysceptic.org/2022/01/09/double-vaccinated-have-double-the-infection-rate-data-from-iceland-shows/?ref=goodoil.news). Late December 2021, another author, paediatrician Dr. Asgeir Haraldsson, Professor of Medicine at the University of Iceland, [said](https://www.frettabladid.is/frettir/barnalaeknar-a-nordurlondum-osammala-theim-islensku-um-bolusetningar-barna/?ref=goodoil.news) five to 10 out of every thousand healthy children would need hospitalisation after COVID-19 infection and strongly recommended vaccination, [claiming](https://www.frettabladid.is/frettir/bolusetningar-barna-bradnaudsynlegar-med-nyjum-afbrigdum-koronuveirunnar/?ref=goodoil.news) both Delta and Omicron variants posed a considerably higher threat to children than previous variants. The study shows only 12% of infections among children occurred in school. However, in late 2021 the importance of keeping schools open was repeatedly mentioned as an additional justification for the vaccination of children. In December 2021, Dr. Thors [claimed](https://www.visir.is/g/20212193181d?ref=goodoil.news) infections in schools were a major problem and Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Thorolfur Gudnason suggested lifting quarantine requirements for vaccinated children under 16, while keeping them in place for the unvaccinated. The new study was conducted between February 20th 2020 and August 31st 2021\. It may thus be assumed that by December 2021, as they pushed for the vaccination of young children, the two authors already knew severe illness was extremely rare among children in this age-group and that the estimate of five to 10 hospitalisations per 1,000 children – up to 1% – was far off the mark. They should also have known by then how much milder the Omicron variant was in general, making the claim even further out. By early January it was clear also how little protection against the Omicron variant the vaccines provided, if any at all. Reprinted from the author’s [Substack](https://thorsteinn.substack.com/p/pushed-hard-for-child-vaccination) [If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.](#) [If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.](https://thebfd.co.nz/subscription-plans/?ref=2)