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And also, in reality, getting pediatric boosters is increasingly difficult! Zero health providers in our region were doing them this fall. None at the hospital, none in primary care, no drugstores.
Even WITH a CDC recommendation, we had to check all the drugstores in adjacent metro areas every morning at 6 and then pull our kid out of school and drive four hours round-trip to get her a shot.
So: David Leonhardt specifically has disproportionate influence over policymakers who think of themselves as super-rational, and has spun this exact kind of false narrative for years—and is now gunning for the last opportunity for parents in the US to vaccinate their kids against a still-disabling virus.
The fall 2024 round of FDA and CDC debate over pediatric boosters is probably going to be extremely gnarly. This is a great year to get involved in public comment, if you haven't before.