PhD. Anthony Fauci If the COVID-19 vaccine is finally applicable to children of this age, it has come out to support potential vaccination of school-age children.One of the top infectious disease experts in the United States, advisor to the president Joe Biden, Fauci cited the country’s long history of compulsory use of other vaccines in an appearance on Sunday CNN Union State.
Fauci said: “I think it’s a good idea to force children to be vaccinated at school.” “This is nothing new. We have regulations in many places in schools, especially public schools, if you really want children Come in-we’ve been doing this for decades, asking [vaccines for] Poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis. So this is nothing new, requiring children to be vaccinated when they go to school. “
According to the current situation, Food and Drug AdministrationFully approved recently Pfizer The vaccine is only for people 16 years and older. Despite this, Fauci has previously stated that he believes that the FDA has a “reasonable chance” that it should have enough data to make a decision on a vaccine for children under 12 by early October.
Weekly newspaper The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has been contacted regarding Fauci’s support for the potential mission.
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As children and young people return to face-to-face teaching in the 2021-2022 school year, COVID-19 continues to cause serious damage. Although young people are generally considered to be a low-risk group of the virus, schools across the country are still affected by the epidemic, and in some cases are forced to suspend classes and mass quarantine.For example, in Georgia, school children recently tested positive for the virus At a rate of nearly 2,000 per day generally.
The recent resurgence of COVID has hit southern states where vaccination rates are low and vaccines are hesitant, especially when the more virulent Delta variant of the virus is spreading.
In Florida, the Republican governor Ron DeSantis Some of the most specific measures have been taken to oppose school mask regulations. Before the start of the new school year, DeSantis signed an executive order to make wearing masks the sole power of parents and to give the state government the power to deprive schools that wear masks in lieu of funds.Faced with a surge in cases, this order was scorned by many school districts and was Finally knocked down in the court.
