“…Others critically reviewed pre-and post-marketing evidence on the potential benefits and risks of marketed COVID-19 vaccines in special cohorts that included immunocompromised children, those with predispositions to allergies, children with other comorbidities [ 129 , 130 ], and those with Down syndrome [ 131 ]. It was shown that hospitalised minors with Down syndrome had a higher incidence of respiratory symptoms, fever, and several medical complications from COVID-19 than control patients [ 131 ]. Significant risk factors for their hospitalisation were older age, obesity, and epilepsy, and they were generally more prone to severe clinical presentation.…”