As the WHO urges the west to impose a moratorium on COVID "booster shots", the quiet campaign to vaccinate teenagers in children is progressing without interruption or much attention. But as the media increasingly moves on from trying to scare the millions of adults in the US who refuse to get the vaccine, the campaign to push to scare parents into vaccinating their kids is ready to begin.
Case in point: Bloomberg published a lengthy report on Wednesday quoting a smattering of "experts" who testified about the importance of vaccinating children for COVID, just like the US does for polio and measles. While dozens of countries have seen barely any penetration by vaccines, children - fewer than 400 of whom have died of COVID in the US since the outbreak began - may soon be forced to get the vaccine by school districts.
In the US, more than 4MM children have tested positive for COVID, although the real number is likely much higher because kids are often asymptomatic. At least 44K kids, from newborns to 17-year-olds, have been hospitalized since August, and about 350 have died, according to the CDC. And now that the goalposts for herd immunity have been moved to as high as 90%, getting children vaccinated to "stop the spread" is increasingly imperative.
One scientist argued that even 350 deaths is too many for a disease where there's a vaccine (of course, the real question is will the vaccine substantially lower that rate?) --->READ MORE HERE
On Friday, Biden spox Jen Psaki said that the administration is not taking into account the "emotional, academic, and psychological effects" of forcing school children to wear masks at school.
Fox News' White House correspondent Peter Doocy first asked Psaki what she thought of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' (R) threat to withhold funds from school districts that don't let parents opt out of masking requirements, to which Psaki said she wants 'public health officials to make decisions about how to keep my kids safe,' adding that DeSantis is 'fundraising off of this.'
"Our view as an administration that parents in Florida, parents across the country, should have the ability and the knowledge that their kids are going to school and they're in safe environments..."
To which Doocy replied: "He [DeSantis] said that his concern is about harmful emotional, academic and psychological effects of putting kindergartners in masks for hours at a time. Is there any concern from officials that you guys talk to in your early pre-decisional discussions about that. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to related stories and resources:
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