Thread by @MonicaGandhi9

California first state to mandate student COVID vaccination: I support this (deleted former tweet & apologize) because: 1) delta needs higher immunity in population; 2) more transmission from younger in delta case rates in 12-17 in LA in delta high; calmatters.org/education/k-12…

3) EUA issued May 10 for 12-15 year olds & won't be approved for 6 months until FDA assured of safety - FDA is very careful about safety. My 13 year old vaccinated but delayed duration between doses 1 & 2 to 6-8 weeks for increased effectiveness/safety
lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_e…

4) And vaccinating children also protects adults which is important and vaccine safe/effective with so much more data now. We mandate multiple childhood vaccinations in schools to protect kids & adults (pneumococcal disease plummeted when vax'd children)
thorax.bmj.com/content/74/5/4…

And given mixed data on re-infection after natural infection versus vax (thus we are in a position of equipoise on which one is more protective although there may be immunologic reasons to give 1 dose), take natural immunity into account with any mandate

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1381360135713353729

And finally, California DPH should allow normal school with this immunity mandate without masks and other measures because vaccines have provided the protection necessary to all; vax & natural immunity allow endemicity.
wsj.com/articles/covid…

World would not have developed a vaccine for a coronavirus if it didn't cause severe disease (including among those in contact with us). So with a highly transmissible variant, if you follow cases instead of disease after vax you will be disappointed

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1440471436183760907