Every mom and dad must take careful ownership of this decision.The CDC, FDA, and the media are doing cartwheels now that the Pfizer vaccine is approved for emergency-use in children 5-11; finally, a road to herd immunity, they tell us.Never mind that the goalposts keep moving, or the bigger question: How can vaccines that don’t prevent transmission of an underlying disease ever bring herd immunity?My trust in these institutions – the CDC and NIH especially – lies shattered in pieces under the dark cloud of a scowling Anthony Fauci. Mourn we may, but move on we must.Some parents – perhaps even a majority? – yearn for the lost comfort of trust in leadership, so brutalized by COVID-hysteria they’d do nearly anything to end the pain, and return to normal.As you contemplate your family’s path, these nuggets helped me to draw my boundaries, what we will and won’t do for a ‘greater good’ described mostly by those we no longer trust.
