Scott A. Rivkees: Setting the record straight about COVID-19 vaccines for children
Rivkees, M.D. is Professor of Practice at the Brown School of Public Health. He is a pediatrician and the former State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health of Florida.ommon sense and our experience show that prevention is much better than treatment. Gone are the days of children paralyzed from polio. Gone are the days of many children having devastating meningitis. Gone are the days of not being able prevent hundreds of children per year dying from influenza.
Like most things in medicine, we must balance the risks and benefits in making decisions for all patients, especially children. Early in our response to COVID-19, we had to make decisions with incomplete information. Two years of both providing care and conducting research has provided us with extensive information about COVID-19. The medical and scientific communities have also given us clear facts to set the record straight about the risks and benefits ofSadly, in the U.S.
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