Fentanyl is a much bigger threat to children than Covid-19.
But Democrats don't want to do anything about that.
If you do the math, fewer than 20 healthy kids a year are estimated to have died *with* Covid.
"According to the CDC, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and...poisonings in the 12-month period ending in January 2022." #priorities dea.gov/fentanylawaren…
(Why do I point out 'healthy kids'? Because it is understood that immunocompromised children need special medical attention, including the possibility that they take a Covid vaccine & booster regimen under the supervision of a licensed physician.)
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If CDC officials want to play politics, they shouldn't be surprised when Americans add the agency to the list of failed institutions they see as 'political.'
Once you blow your reputation like the CDC just did during the Covid pandemic, it's gone for at least a generation. Good luck getting it back. You're done.
This is just a warning to the CDC because they are about to face a political whirlwind for years to come.
Red state governors, Republican Congressmen, even presidents are going to have a big incentive to take an axe to the CDC, its authority, and its budget.
"Given that that the virus is here and will continue to be here, we also need to prepare for a fourth injection,” Israel’s national coronavirus czar Salman Zarka said last September. ‘This is our life from now on, in waves.”
Healthy kids currently have less than a 0.0001% chance of dying from Covid
Since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, there have been a reported 1,314 children who have died with Covid. This is a mortality rate of 0.002%. Additionally, 95% of these children have severe comorbidities, making the mortality rate for healthy children 0.0001%.