The Trump administration ignored the offer of a free flu clinic for migrants despite the deaths of three children, physicians say
I guess some children's deaths are acceptable or should be a punishment? I don't know why anyone would not give flu vaccines, they save lives.
A group of physicians say the Trump administration ignored their offer to pilot a free flu clinic for detained migrants and asylum seekers in the U.S., despite flu infections being responsible for at least three deaths of migrant children in federal custody during the 2018 flu season.
Earlier this month, physicians sent a letter to then-acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Health and Human Services (HHS) department Secretary Alex Azar, requesting to hold an "influenza vaccine clinic" for detained migrants free of charge.
"Flu is a preventable illness," the letter dated to November 5 and signed by seven physicians from across four states, including the three physicians behind the activist group Doctors for Camp Closure, which has advocated against the use of detention centers to house migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, states.
Yet, it continues, "flu infections were responsible for at least 3 child deaths...in federal custody during the 2018 flu season, which is 9 times the mortality incidence of the general pediatric population. In our professional medical opinion, this alarming mortality rate constitutes an emergency which threatens the safety of human lives, particularly of children."
I guess some children's deaths are acceptable or should be a punishment? I don't know why anyone would not give flu vaccines, they save lives.