RETRACTED: Why are we vaccinating children against COVID-19?

• Published in: Toxicology reports Vol. 8; pp. 1665 - 1684
• Main Authors: Kostoff, Ronald N., Calina, Daniela, Kanduc, Darja, Briggs, Michael B., Vlachoyiannopoulos, Panayiotis, Svistunov, Andrey A., Tsatsakis, Aristidis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2021
• ISSN: 2214-7500; 2214-7500
• DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.08.010

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).
The article has been retracted at the request of the Founding Editor, Prof. Lawrence H. Lash, on the basis that there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable: https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction-guidelines-cope.pdf.
The focus of the paper is on a critically important public health issue. As such, it is essential that the presentation be accurate and balanced. Additional external review of this paper following publication concluded that it demonstrates inappropriate bias in multiple ways.
The use of key terminology, specifically the key terms “inoculation” and “vaccination” diverges from common use and are incorrect, indicating clear evidence of bias.
Publicly available data from the United States Center for Disease Control (U.S. CDC) were concluded by the external reviewers to be misinterpreted to make the erroneous conclusion that the vast majority of reported deaths due to COVID-19 are actually due to other comorbidities. Such an egregious misinterpretation and misrepresentation are unacceptable.