Yesterday Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar used his emergency powers to override the restrictions that 22 states place on pharmacists vaccinating children over age 3.
As I noted in a previous post, a dangerous side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is that many parents have not been bringing their children to the doctor’s office for their scheduled vaccinations. There are multiple contributing causes. In some cases, parents may be concerned about the expense. In others, they may be concerned that they or their children may get exposed to the virus. The timing of certain immunizations in children can be crucial and, for that reason, pediatricians and primary care practitioners have taken steps to provide immunizations in a safe, socially‐distanced environment.
Despite an encouraging report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that, as COVID-19 cases have declined in New York City, childhood vaccinations have increased, a rebound in vaccinations has not yet been detected in other parts of the country.
Read more at https://www.cato.org/blog/expanding-pharmacists-scope-practice-can-save-lives-children
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