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Political noise surrounding youth COVID-19 vaccination is muted by pediatrician steering

Political noise surrounding youth COVID-19 vaccination is muted by pediatrician steering

Erica C. Kaye

  • Erica C. Kaye MD, MPH, FAAHPM is a pediatrician and an assistant member of the oncology division at St. Jude Kids’s Analysis Hospital.

As a pediatrician, I’ve devoted half of my life (practically 20 years) to the examine of drugs to assist shield and care for youngsters. It’s heartbreaking to see politicians weaponize pediatric healthcare as a partisan situation.

Just lately, TN Home Representatives petitioned Gov. Invoice Lee to “direct the Tennessee Division of Well being to halt distribution, promotion and suggestion of COVID-19 vaccines for our youngest Tennesseans.”

The politicians who’re making an attempt to dam COVID vaccines for youngsters <5 years previous are usually not pediatricians, immunologists, or public well being researchers. They don’t have any coaching, data, or experience in baby well being or immunizations.

Please belief the individuals who have spent their complete grownup lives caring for youngsters. The overwhelming majority of pediatricians advocate the COVID vaccine for youths <5 years.