Today during the Senate Health Committee Hearing, Senator Rand Paul noted that the current administration and CDC recommends that everyone over age five get vaccinated against the coronavirus, including taking a booster shot. “Are you aware of any studies that show reduction in hospitalization or death for children who take a booster?” Paul asked.
“Right now, there’s not enough data that has been accumulated, Senator Paul, to indicate that that’s the case,” Fauci answered.
To be fair, the CDC, the FDA, medical societies (including AAFP and ACP) and many health systems around the country recommend COVID-19 vaccination to those 6 months and older. These recommendation are all based upon the CDC and FDA data. These recommendation come in light of the fact that “there is not enough data to indicate children should be taking a booster.”
If you are a patient, parent or grandparent, please take seven minutes and watch this set of questions closely. Your health and the health of your children depends on it.
I have been criticized by my medical colleagues and specialists, about holding these concerns regarding the risks of COVID-19 vaccination. Yet, I’ve had over twenty patients with significant adverse and life threatening reactions in my office due to the vaccine. As a physician, my first duty is to do no harm. Yet, I am being threatened on all sides because I don’t just roll over and lend my support to this vaccine. I am told that my concern about the CDC vaccination recommendations for children are unfounded.
My concern about these vaccines is identical to that of Senator Rand Paul’s. Namely, there are no actual medical studies that COVID vaccination for children and those under age 24 years old are at risk of death or hospitalization warranting a booster vaccine, especially a vaccine that comes with significant health risks.
When 75% of the U.S. population has already had COVID and has antibodies from the exposure and/or infection, there is NO legitimate medical reason to vaccinate this age group. As of today, the Director of the NIH, Dr. Anthony Fauci himself, cannot give legitimate reason for vaccinating this age group. Yet he and the CDC have approved these vaccines and recommend that children be fully vaccinated.