Wednesday, December 22, 2021

The Dangerous Push to Give Boosters to Teens

The U.S. government is pushing Covid-19 vaccine boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds without supporting clinical data.

In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indiscriminately push for boosters for all young people.

So did the CDC, whose advisers had rejected boosters for people not at high risk.

Two top FDA scientists, including the head of the agency's vaccine efforts, quit around the time of the September vote over White House pressure to authorize boosters for all.

The long-term cardiac effects of boosters in young people are unknown.

FDA and CDC officials justified their push for boosters by pointing to a reduction in antibody levels months after vaccination.

The emergence of the Omicron variant has fed the push for boosters.
 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dangerous-push-to-give-boosters-to-teens-vacccine-covid-19-omicron-vaxx-requirement-mandate-11640107759?st=jl3h8de735mts9u&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter 

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