Last spring, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped the recommendation that all kids routinely get COVID shots. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week did the same thing for six other childhood immunizations, including the annual flu shot.
Instead, the CDC now says parents should talk to a health care provider about whether the shot is really necessary — what’s called “shared clinical decision-making.”
“The possibility of doing mass vaccination again in that way — I don’t see how that could be possible because the demands of shared decision-making require individual conversations with each family about each child,” says O’Shea, who runs Birmingham Pediatrics + Wellness Center and Campground Pediatrics + Wellness Center outside Detroit. She also serves as a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Due to these new recommendations, my family had to basically lie to get COVID shots along with our flu shots. Even the adults. We had to pick ailments from a list or the grocery store clinician wouldn’t even budge.
In Colorado no less, a state more focused on health than other, redder states.
Yeah, thinking about this just at face value is missing the point. The real issue is that “CDC no longer recommending flu shot” is equivalent to “insurance no longer required to cover the cost of flu shot.”
It’s not actually going from a mandate to a choice like they’re trying to gaslight the public into thinking; it’s going from a choice to a de-facto prohibition.
Looks like people in the US will need other sources of medical advice than the US government, probably other countries health advice.
What kind of doctor would not recommend a flu shot? They are safe and effective. And the more people that get them, the more who are protected. Especially good for those who need the protection the most. So what reason would there be not to recommend one? If you go to the doctor they’ll offer you one even. What kind of room is there for shared decision making, other than I do what I like?
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