White House Covid coordinator Ashish K. Jha made speculative claims on Thursday regarding the eagerness of American parents to have their youngest children inject with COVID-19 booster shots.
“Many, many people are eager to vaccinate their youngest kids,” Jha claimed during a press conference. He did not provide any accompanying evidence to support this claim.
COVID coordinator says "many" parents "are eager to vaccinate their youngest kids." pic.twitter.com/dv1DqUXfqC
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“Thrilled to see CDC’s clear support for booster for 5-11 year-olds Independent advisors reviewed the data, voted 11-1 in favor of supporting kids getting the booster I have a 10-year-old so what do I plan to do? Follow the evidence and get him boosted,” Jha tweeted on May 19.
Thrilled to see CDC's clear support for booster for 5-11 year-olds
Independent advisors reviewed the data, voted 11-1 in favor of supporting kids getting the booster
I have a 10-year-old so what do I plan to do?
Follow the evidence and get him boosted
Lets talk why
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— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@AshishKJha46) May 20, 2022
The claim that parents are obsessed with injecting very young children with Covid vaccines is primarily found on the political left, though studies and data supporting this rarely accompany this claim.
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated earlier this year that suburban Americans are much more interested in wearing masks, injecting children with COVID vaccines, and getting abortions than they are with the Democrat reconciliation bill that experts warn could increase the good of goods even more.
“You know, I live in a suburban community outside of Washington, D.C. as many people do, when I have conversations with people on the street, it’s not about, uh, where the reconciliation bill is,” Psaki said.
“You know, even in Northern Virginia. It is about ‘Are we wearing masks or are we not wearing masks?’” Psaki continued. “‘When are kids vaccines going to be available? Is our, is our health really at risk, are they gonna over- what’s gonna happen with the (Supreme) Court?”
