reported to VAERS through Sept. 24.  Specific to children aged 12-17:  20,907 adverse events and 21 deaths.  There are serious and fatal risks that parents and every adult must consider and not be forced to take a vaccine that was not designed to or proven to stop transmission. Our children are not in a risk category and on the CDC website, there are multiple studies done from school settings showing transmission between children and adults is extremely low to rare.  We have forgotten that this virus has over a 99% recovery rate and if you feel you need to take the vaccine to feel safe that is your choice, but you can't force everyone to do the same out of your fear.