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Beyond the Noise Dr. Paul Offit wrote, "On April 15, 2025, Dr. Fiona Havers, an epidemiologist at the CDC, presented her findings to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Havers led the respiratory diseases team at the CDC that assessed the impact of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Havers’
presentation focused on the impact of Covid on children in the United States this past year. She found that at least 7,000 children were hospitalized with Covid. About 20 percent of those hospitalized were admitted to the intensive care unit, half were previously healthy, virtually none had been vaccinated, and 152 had died, most less than 4 years of age. The conclusion was clear; all children in the United States, whether they were previously healthy or not, should receive the primary series of Covid vaccines. For these reasons, the CDC recommended the Covid vaccine for all children." Dr. Havers later resigned, telling the NYT that “CDC processes are being corrupted in a way that I have never seen before. If it isn’t stopped, and some of this isn’t reversed, like, immediately, a lot of Americans are going to die from vaccine-preventable diseases.”