"The AAP's vaccine schedule diverges from the CDC schedule under Kennedy on the recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines. After Kennedy's unilateral change, the CDC no longer recommends routine COVID-19 vaccination for healthy children, but allows for the shots after a conversation with a child's doctor. In contrast, the AAP—the largest pediatrics association in the country—recommends the shots for all children ages 6 months to 23 months, as well as high-risk children aged 2 to 18. Children not in these age or risk groups should also have access to the shots if desired, the AAP guidance says."
techpineapple•31m ago
Is there like a standardized risk scale for understanding odds in medicine? I mean, I probably have a 1 in a million chance of dying every month I choose to drive regularly, but if I were to argue with an anti-vaxxer, or try to determine my own risk tolerance, has someone developed a standardized way of understanding risk/odds? At what level do you say "This is a risky vaccine"?
blindriver•10m ago
It has been years now since it was shown the COVID vaccine does nothing for kids and only has the potential to harm young men under the age of 24. The fact that the AAP is so anti-science shows how indoctrinated people are to politics and not science. It's crazy to suggest a vaccine that does not have any benefits for children 2 and under, it's horrifying they are so blinded by politics.
kbelder•43m ago