Given that youth don’t tend to get very sick from this pandemic
1.8% of the youth have long COVID symptoms lasting more than 8 weeks
Long-term cognitive deficits have not been studied in children, but whole population average cognitive deficits are real (= very common), so it would be surprising if there were not a risk at 1:10,000 level or worse in children
The vaccine side effects are much less of a risk than COVID on this evidence, and certainly the covid risks are more concerning, because less studied.
Where is that careful risk analysis and comparison in these breezy opinion articles? It is very irresponsible to minimise one side of the risk.