Being an Adult in the Face of Omicron
It’s up to each of us to demand accountability and transparency, and to stay informed rather than assume others will act in our best interests.
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The federal government is failing to use the powers it has beyond vaccine mandates to create much needed on-ramps for mitigation measures.
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We think that off-label pediatric administration of approved COVID-19 vaccines should be left to individual risk-benefit judgments.
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The federal government needs to find a way to forget past mistakes and misjudgments in the face of a new threat.
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Read more: The Current COVID-19 Surge, Eugenics, and Health-Based Discrimination The Current COVID-19 Surge, Eugenics, and Health-Based Discrimination
We have entered a new stage of erasure of children, of the disabled, and of the vulnerable.
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The federal government has all the power it needs to stop the actions of individual states that put the entire nation at risk.