Letter to the Editor.
The author received his M.D. and Prof. of Neurology from the University of Vienna, Austria: https://neuromuscular.pulsusconference.com/2017/speaker/josef-finsterer-kar-vienna-austria
"Dear Editor,
We eagerly read the article by Liang et al about the efficacy of anti-severe acquired respiratory distress syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccinations in the pediatric population...
We disagree with the statement that mRNA-based anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are generally safe in the abstract. mRNA-based anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines frequently cause side effects in pediatric patients and adults but they are in the majority of cases transient and do not require hospitalization. However, there are a number of adverse reactions, which require attention, because they may require hospitalization, may have an incomplete outcome, or may be even lethal. Therefore, anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations may prevent death, but they may also cause harm or fatalities...
Severe side effects reported in the pediatric or adult population include thrombocytopenia, multisystem inflammatory syndrome-children, thrombosis, myocarditis, bronchiolitis, pancreatitis, Guillain Barre syndrome, meningitis, stroke, encephalitis, hypophysitis, acute, hemorrhagic encephalopathy, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and myasthenia. Vaccinations may also cause placentitis and may secondarily cause stillbirth. Furthermore, not all side effects that occur are also reported to the health authorities or published...
There is an urgent need to invent anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines without major side effects, to win the trust of vaccine sceptics."
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