Capitol Ag said:
Salute The Marines said:
ttha_aggie_09 said:
Absolutely not. We weren't going to get the kids vaccinated before this and now that we all had Covid, there is a 0% chance.
I'm still trying to figure out why healthy, low-risk people are taking the vaccine when the side effects often seem worse than actual infection?
I'm relatively young and healthy. I got the vaccine because I don't want to give it to others and we can end this theater. Unlike masks, vaccinations do work.
This is the approach that the CDC will take to get children vaccinated, once it is approved. I agree that it's probably harmless to them, BUT still do not plan on vaccinating our kiddos. They've had covid and just do not need it as they and their classmates are not at risk.
Now, for the crowd that will argue that the kids could pass it to others, like teachers and at risk adults, I counter with this: Not if the adult is vaccinated. That should solve this problem right there. There is absolutely no reason to vaccinate most children as the adults will have had ample opportunity to choose to vaccinate by this summer. It's on the individual adult to vaccinate, not the parent or child. In the end, this is a decision that must reside with the parent. I can wear a mask and vaccinate to protect others, but I draw the line when it comes to my kids. I think I echo the thoughts of most parents when I write that.
I personally believe that this will play out, similar to Israel, that once adults are at the 70% or so mark of vaccinations, kids won't be strong enough vectors to keep it going, and deaths/cases will plummet to next to nothing. Yeah, it might never go away 100%, but at such low levels it's just never a threat to any hospital system in America.
If it still seems to be circulating at stronger levels than we'd like, and deaths continue to be higher than we'd like, then you can re-evaluate children with further studying of the vaccines.
But for now, I can't believe experts are even considering it for the 0-12 age ranges until we have the data that it's necessary. Only if it's necessary should we start making that push. But since when have they done anything logical throughout all of this?