By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
The peer-reviewed medical literature on COVID-19 is under strong bias from the editors and publishers to allow mainly favorable papers into publication on COVID-19 vaccination. A proxy on medical establishment vaccination sentiment are papers that report fair balanced survey results from either patients or parents of children contemplating COVID-19 vaccination. After two years of relentless promotion from global and country public health authorities, reports of the majority not wanting COVID-19 vaccination for their children should be taken as serious “push back.”
Bianchi et al, conducted a meta-analysis of nine Italian studies spanning November, 2020 to March, 2022. The overall rate of appropriate vaccine hesitancy was 55%. Younger and unvaccinated parents were stronger predictors of protecting their children from vaccination. Belief that the vaccines were either unsafe, ineffective, or not medically necessary were the most common justification for vaccine hesitancy.
These data support rational parental decision making on declining COVID-19 vaccination in children. As more countries withdraw mandates for vaccines and remove younger individuals from eligibility, these trends could be expected to strengthen over time.
This study should be considered in light of California’s recent decision to drop school vaccine mandates. The data suggest parents are becoming more discerning as countries and states fail to make a compelling case that COVID-19 is safe, effective, or needed for any reason at this stage of the pandemic.
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