The Infectious Diseases We Don’t Seem to Care About
Childhood vaccination disruptions illustrate how detached from reality, rationality, & morality response measures have become.
CG original research released this week clarifies the extent to which the distribution of childhood vaccines worldwide (polio, measles, pertussis, etc.) was interrupted by pandemic restrictions – and this outcome is illustrative of how detached from reality, rationality, and morality our response measures have become.
We created – and often failed to correct – a situation in which we cancelled life-saving vaccines to children worldwide because of restrictions intended to protect the elderly and health care systems. More recently (and confoundingly), medical and governmental authorities have begun to emphasise the importance of vaccinating young, healthy children against COVID-19, even though young, healthy children are at very low risk from COVID-19.
This discordance highlights the intergenerational unfairness pandemic restrictions created. It is also an example of the double standard we adopt unquestioningly when addressing infectious diseases in wealthy countries vs developing countries.
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