Licensed pharmacists in all 50 states will now be able to administer vaccines to kids ages 3-18 provided they have completed the required hands-on injection training, according to HHS.
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The AAP, an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists, issued a statement Wednesday opposing HHS's decision to allow pharmacists to administer vaccines “This move is incredibly misguided. In the middle of a pandemic, what families are looking for is reassurance and clinical guidance from the doctors they trust most to care for their children: pediatricians,” AAP President Sally Goza, MD, FAAP,. “Pediatricians’ offices are open and safe. We have all necessary childhood and adolescent vaccines in stock with trained medical professionals who can administer them.
"Creating a new vaccine system is not only unnecessary, but it will not provide children with the same level of optimal medical care they receive from the pediatrician who knows the child’s medical history," Goza added.A child receives a flu vaccine in an undated stock photo.In issuing the new directive for pharmacists, HHS described the drop in childhood immunizations as a"public health threat and a collateral harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“As a pediatric critical care physician who has treated critically ill children suffering from vaccine preventable diseases, I know firsthand the devastation to the child – and to the family and community – of a death or severe brain damage that could have been avoided by a safe and effective vaccine,” HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Brett P. Giroir, M.D.,. "The cornerstone of public health, vaccines, makes these dreaded diseases preventable.
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