Mon Feb 14, 2022 – 9:41 am EST
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(Children’s Health Defense) – Two California epidemiologists have outlined their objections to a proposed law that would require all K-12 students enrolled in all public and private California schools to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in order to attend in-person classes.
In an op-ed published Tuesday on SFGate, Tracy Beth Høeg, M.D., Ph.D and Vinay Prasad, M.D., M.P.H., wrote:
As physician epidemiologists, we have analyzed the data and found that this mandate is not supported by the scientific evidence — which is why no European countries or other U.S. states have implemented their own.
The bill in question, SB-871, was proposed last month by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento). If passed, it would take effect Jan. 1, 2023.
The law would apply to “any private or public elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet Feb. 15 to discuss authorizing Pfizer’s vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years old.
Pan’s legislation would require students to get the vaccines even if they are still available only under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) — unlike
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