COVID researchers: Florida 'cherry-picked' our work in kid vaccine recommendation
Source: Tampa Bay Times
Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo recommended against vaccinating healthy children aged 5 to 17. The experts he cited disagree.
When the Florida Department of Health released new guidelines this week suggesting healthy children should not get the coronavirus vaccine, it cited several studies to back up the position.
But at least four of the experts whose research was cited say their work was taken out of context. They said they disagreed with Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s conclusion that the vaccine was more dangerous than the virus for healthy children.
“I think there is cherry-picking of sentences to support what (the state) wanted,” said Kathryn Edwards, a pediatrics professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who co-authored one of the papers cited in the guidance.
Each of the three studies cited by the state concluded vaccines are safe and effective. Florida health officials did not mention that in their two-page guidance.
All four experts contacted by the Times disagreed with the recommendation and emphasized that the COVID-19 vaccine is the best way to prevent severe illness in children.
Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2022/03/11/covid-researchers-say-florida-cherry-picked-facts-in-child-vaccine-advice/
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