US Customs and Border Protection will not vaccinate migrants, even though three children who had been in US custody died after contracting the flu.
The cases all occurred since December."In general, due to the short-term nature of CBP holding and the complexities of operating vaccination programs, neither CBP nor its medical contractors administer vaccinations to those in our custody," according to a statement Tuesday from CBP.Doctors describe black box of medical care in detention facilities: 'That is not medical care.
"When we visited the Homestead detention facility on July 15, 2019, we left with serious questions about the screening, treatment, isolation, and prevention protocols of infectious diseases, particularly influenza," Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, a Democrat from California, wrote to Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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