A ‘war on children’: as US changes Covid vaccine rules, parents of trial volunteers push back

‘It’s infuriating. My kids contributed literal blood and tears to help demonstrate the safety of these vaccines,’ a parent said. Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images

As the Trump administration contemplates new clinical trials for Covid boosters and moves to restrict Covid vaccines for children and others, parents whose children participated in the clinical trials expressed anger and dismay.

“It’s really devastating to see this evidence base officially ignored and discarded,” said Sophia Bessias, a parent in North Carolina whose two- and four-year-old kids were part of the Pfizer pediatric vaccine trial.