Friday, November 11, 2022

Lessons from polio about vaccinating kids against Covid-19. Really!

What a ridiculous opinion piece written by the dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, and a pediatrician and professor of epidemiology! When I first saw this headline, I almost chocked! What! Or was the headline chosen for attention grabbing purposes. Bad choice!

I don't want to call a dean of a medical school a quack, but if she writes opinion pieces like that, she comes close.

With respect to children, any association of polio with Covid-19, beyond that both disease are caused by a virus and that effective vaccinations are available for both, is utmost ludicrous if not irresponsible! This is scaremongering, plain and simple! Or speculating more nefariously, these doctors may be paid for this piece by business interests!

Compared to polio, Covid-19 is for most children fairly harmless! Natural immunity can handle it easily! We knew shortly after the first outbreak of Covid-19 that, very fortunately, children and healthy adults up to age 50-60 have little to fear other than getting something like a severe cold.

"... We strongly recommend that children receive both the initial Covid-19 vaccination series and any necessary boosters. We base that on lessons learned in dealing with polio. ..."

Lessons from polio about vaccinating kids against Covid-19 - STAT

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