An FDA preprint study monitoring the safety of pediatric COVID-19 vaccines flagged seizures and convulsions as a potential safety signal in children ages 2 to 5. The analysis explains that the new safety signal should be interpreted cautiously due to the study’s limitations, a warning ignored by social media users sharing the study without context. Vaccine opponents, including a popular anti-vaccine organization, are circulating the preliminary safety signal as though it is an established vaccine risk.
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