evidence: This is not to suggest that the vaccines are inherently unsafe. Rather, it suggests that policymakers must account for the fact that the risks and benefits of the vaccine relative to those of the disease vary by age and health status. The risk of COVID-associated severe illness and death is highly age-stratified. Older adults are highly vulnerable, young adults are much less so, and the risk to children without underlying comorbidities is infinitesimal. Thus, the risk of the vaccine relative to its benefit is much different for an 18-year-old male than for an 82-year-old. [...] As of November 2022, the CICP had received 7,624 claims alleging injury or death from COVID vaccines.REF The agency had determined that nine of these claims, eight of which concerned myocarditis, were eligible for compensation.REF [...] What are the risks and benefits of coronavirus vaccines relative to age and medical condition, and should the CDC modify its recommendations with respect to COVID vaccines? Early development, production, distribution, and administration of COVID-19 vaccines during a national medical emergency were among the government’s most significant pandemic policy successes, but the value of those vaccines, like the risk of COVID-related mortality and severe morbidity, is highly dependent on age and medical condition. Even after it became apparent that the vaccines did not prevent the transmission of the disease, the CDC continued to require that children and young adults be vaccinated. Congress should require the CDC to explain how it derived its risk/benefit analysis for vaccination schedules and why it has not revised those recommendations despite changing science.