Social media users are sharing articles from two conspiracy sites that falsely claim that CDC data shows more children have been hospitalized from COVID-19 vaccines than from the virus itself. According to these sites, 200 out of every 100,000 young people vaccinated will be hospitalized, while only 50 out of every 100,000 adolescents have ever been hospitalized from COVID-19. A CDC spokesperson denied the claim, pointing out that the articles misrepresent hospitalization data from a voluntary post-vaccination survey. The actual hospitalization rate for adolescents after vaccination was around 2 per 100,000. It is also important to note that these hospitalizations were not necessarily for vaccine-related injury.
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