A showdown over vaccinations has erupted in a Long Island town after the mother of an 8-year-old was told by her doctor that a new school district rule requires children to get a booster shot at too young an age.
Ceili McNicholas was expelled from Long Island’s Laddie A. Decker Sound Beach School last week after her mother Jamie refused to let her receive the Tdap booster, which protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.
McNicholas said her daughter’s doctor wouldn’t administer the shot, which is a new requirement of the Miller Place Union Free School District, because it’s recommended only for children over 10 years old.
A mother’s fears: Long Island mom Jamie McNichols has refused to get her 8-year-old daughter Ceili a Tdap booster shot that FDA guidelines stipulate should be given to children no younger than 10
Too young? Ceili has been expelled from third grade because her mother won’t let her have the shot. Their doctor said Ceili is simply too young for the booster, per FDA guidelines–though CDC guidelines say children her age are old enought
Tdap boosters: Ceili is one of a small group of kids who were vaccinated iwth Tdap before age 4, meaning she should be due for the booster before an age when its indicated for use
And FDA guidelines back the doctor up.
‘If we give that Tdap vaccination between 7 and 10, we are using it off label,’ Long island pediatrician Dr. Mary Renna told CBS New York. ‘So if we can’t use it, then we are the ones going to be held liable.’
According to FDA.gov, the Tdap brand ‘Boostrix is approved for use as a single dose in individuals 10 years of age and older.’
And that’s what scares McNicholas, whose daughter is part of a small group of children who got their whooping cough vaccinations before age 4.
‘I believe in vaccinations, and that’s not the issue,’ she told NBC New York. ‘The issue is an age-appropriate vaccination.’
Meanwhile, the school district has taken cues from the state–which follows CDC guidelines that do allow for children Ceili’s age to get the booster–in a bid to avoid whooping cough outbreaks.
And the rule states that, until she gets the shot, Ceili simply may not attend her school.
‘The only way that she will be back in school before age 10 is if the state makes an exception for my daughter and the other kids that are faced with the same situation, because I’m not getting her that shot,’ McNicholas said.
May God bless this courageous mother. First the BigPharma monstrosities FAKE the science to “validate” the bogus concept of “immunization” to drum up support from BigMedicine and BigGovernment, then they get BigGovernment to pass legislation “IMMUNIZING” THEM AGAINST PROSECUTION FOR ANY HARM THEIR TOXIC SWILLS CAUSE!!!!
Excuse me, but IF vaccines really worked, WHAT POSSIBLE THREAT could any UNvaccinated person pose to a vaccinated one? DUH!!!!