By LINDA BOYLE
When the nation’s top health agency pulled back its Covid shot recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women this spring, it didn’t just alter medical guidance — it touched off a firestorm in the pediatric establishment.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy announced in May that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer recommending healthy children and pregnant women routinely get the Covid shot. Several medical associations came unglued. They maintained such an action would lead to illness and death.
The American Academy of Pediatrics stated they would come up with their own recommendations despite CDC guidance.
Bear in mind the CDC did not say you couldn’t get the Covid shot if you wanted it. It was just not recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. Covid jabs should still be used in high risk individuals and those over 65. The guidance further stated that the decision to vax or not vax should be between the parent and the doctor. The idea of shared decision making.
Secretary Kennedy also fired the 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and brought on replacements. Most of these replacements, although well respected in their field, were viewed to be anti-vaxxers.
The ACIP changeout and the new Covid recommendations for infants and pregnant women led to a melt down by various medical groups and mainstream media. The new ACIP met in June and made recommendations on flu and respiratory syncytial virus that were similar to previous recommendations except it recommended the use of thimerosal-free (mercury-free) single-dose formulations.
In addition, Secretary Kennedy also decided to exclude medical associations such as the American Pediatric Academy, the American Medical Association and other top medical organizations from working with the advisers to establish vaccination recommendations.
In July, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Massachusetts Public Health Alliance, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and a pregnant physician, filed suit in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the US District Court. The suit was to defend the vaccine policy as it had existed pre-Secretary Kennedy.
For the first time in 30 years, the AAP dramatically diverged from federal vaccine recommendations.
The AAP released its vaccine recommendations this week and strongly recommended Covid-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 2 years. AAP also said that if parents wanted older children vaccinated, they should be.
Dr. James Campbell, the vice chair of the AAP infectious disease committee, stated it’s going to be confusing for people with two different recommendations out there. But AAP believes it is necessary to protect our children. AAP also said in its statement that by strongly recommending the jab they hope insurance companies will cover payment.
The AAP represents 67,000 pediatricians and guess what? It gets substantial funding from Big Pharma including vaccine makers. It also received tens of millions of dollars in funding from the federal government to push vaccines and quell “misinformation.” Can you say, “conflict of interest”?
Secretary Kennedy believes the shot presents a greater risk than Covid itself for most children. There have been many studies on vaccine injuries — most notably in the area of myocarditis and pericarditis in young men. And the number of children who die from Covid infection is extremely low, with none in Alaska.
The Covid virus continues to morph, with no guarantee the “current” shot will “protect” against the current strain.
The only good thing I saw in this whole discussion is that the decision to vax or not vax needs to be made between the doctor and the parent. However, will there be true informed consent if the pediatrician is just following what its medical association tells him or her to do?
Will there be true informed consent if a physician’s bonus is dependent on the percentage of children vaccinated?
Yep. Once again follow the money.
Linda Boyle, RN, MSN, DM, was formerly the chief nurse for the 3rd Medical Group, JBER, and was the interim director of the Alaska VA. Most recently, she served as Director for Central Alabama VA Healthcare System. She is the director of the Alaska Covid Alliance/Alaskans 4 Personal Freedom.
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