Everything You Need to Know About Vaccinating Your Kids (with Pediatrician Paul Offit)

Andy calls up pediatrician and vaccinologist Dr. Paul Offit, who just voted to recommend that the FDA approve Pfizer's vaccine for 5-11 year olds. They discuss the vaccine advisory committee's deliberations, what the data show about side effects like myocarditis, how to think about the decision from a parent's perspective, and whether or not schools should require that eligible kids be vaccinated against COVID-19. Plus, Andy breaks down what you need to know about COP26, the global climate summit that is now underway in Glasgow.

 

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Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

 

• Keep track of what’s happening at COP26 in Glasgow: https://ukcop26.org/
• Learn more about Speed and Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now, and pre-order your copy, here: https://speedandscale.com/
• Check out this timeline for the kids COVID vaccine authorization: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/10/28/1050189443/heres-the-timeline-for-the-kids-covid-vaccine-authorization 
• Listen to Paul talk more about Philadelphia’s 1991 measles vaccine mandate: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/14/713195751/how-philadelphia-mandated-vaccinations-in-1991 
• Here’s the Kaiser Family Foundation survey looking at parents’ attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccinations for children: https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-october-2021/ 
• Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/ 
• Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 

 

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