Are kids under 5 ever getting vaccinated?

[Anonymous]

Chicken pox has an extremely low risk and I still wanted my kids vaccinated against getting it. I definitely want my kids Covid vaccinated as soon as it’s available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicken pox has an extremely low risk and I still wanted my kids vaccinated against getting it. I definitely want my kids Covid vaccinated as soon as it’s available.

Sure but would you avoid summer camp for years if they could not get vaccinated for chicken pox?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think what’s happening is that the risk of severe illness for young kids was already so low that it’s hard for the vaccines to be deemed worth their very small risk of adverse side effects in trials.

The good news is the risk is really low. Also it’s clear now after Omicron that vaccines aren’t going to keep us from transmitting it anyway. So what we need is very low risk of severe illness which we get from vaccines and little kids get from their age. So we’re there either way. And ftr yes I will be first in line with my kid if/when it’s approved. But I think we’re fine either way baring new and different variants.

This. I wouldn't worry about it, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chicken pox has an extremely low risk and I still wanted my kids vaccinated against getting it. I definitely want my kids Covid vaccinated as soon as it’s available.

Sure but would you avoid summer camp for years if they could not get vaccinated for chicken pox?

No. But that’s not what I was responding to. I simply said I want my kids vaccinated for Covid as soon as possible. We aren’t avoiding anything.

[Anonymous]

I wish that either they would make a car that could guarantee my 4 yr olds safety, or that we always had safer alternative modes of transportation.

I wish my kid's school had access to the kind of resources that wealthy publics and private schools did, because these children are so wonderful and deserve enrichment programs and properly staffed classrooms too.

I wish it was easier to provide nutritious meals to me kid. We work hard at it but it's still hard -- we work full time and are on a budget and sometimes we do as well as we'd like.

I can't imagine worrying about accesses too and ineffective vaccine for a virus that rarely impacts children at all. Just baffling. How is this your priority?!

[Anonymous]

Have you read the 8-10 pages of Pfizer vaccine side effects. Do that first before you go injecting your kids or self with anything. Remember that pharmaceutical companies have no liability for injuries. Make the decision best for you but definitely do your homework first.

[Anonymous]

Moderna might be filing for EUA next month for children 6 months to 5 years. We'll get it for DD if recommended, but I hope the authorities think carefully before recommending a vaccine that will likely have no proven benefits:

Because the children’s trial wasn’t designed primarily to measure vaccine effectiveness, there are wide statistical uncertainties about the findings on efficacy, but the company said its statistical analysis showed it was above zero.

There were no cases of serious illness or hospitalizations in the trial, which included close to 7,000 children 6 months to 5 years old, making it impossible to detect the vaccine’s possible protective effect against the worst outcomes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/03/23/moderna-says-its-coronavirus-vaccine-young-children-is-safe-efficacy-is-more-complicated-picture/

[Anonymous]

I want a vaccine desperately so my kid can stop masking at daycare (yes that’s the parameter the nutty parents have forced).

But no I won’t actually vaccinate my under 5 year old. This disease is a cold, old and immunocompromised people (and here and there, a few healthy people) die from colds and that’s that. I’m triple vaxxed, but not risking side effects for something unneeded that likely doesn’t work for my toddler. It’s time to move on, no masks, no restrictions, and if hospitals surge refuse entry to any unvaccinated adults.

[Anonymous]

The vaccine doesn’t work, so why would it make you feel better? It makes no sense. It is a placebo at best so it won’t be approved (I hope).

[Anonymous]

My 3.5 year old had delta. Only symptom was less of an appetite for two days. Never would have known if I wasn’t testing for exposure.

[Anonymous]

https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2022/03/moderna-says-its-low-dose-covid-shots-work-for-kids-under-6/?fbclid=IwAR3PxgIqEQ2TbmKBe_llCO22YR97y9uo_mUkPBZQW_h3aBncwpnjpfAEUfg

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday — and if regulators agree it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer.

Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize two small-dose shots for youngsters under 6.. The company also is seeking to have larger-dose shots cleared for older children and teens in the U.S.

Early results from the study found that tots developed high levels of virus-fighting antibodies from shots containing a quarter of the dose given to adults — although it was less effective against the super-contagious omicron mutant than prior variants.

“The vaccine provides the same level of protection against COVID in young kids as it does in adults. We think that’s good news,” Dr. Stephen Hoge, Moderna’s president, told The Associated Press.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would feel so much better if my little kids could be vaccinated.

JFC why??

NP but for me it would be to get rid of all the persistent quarantine and masking rules associated with being unvaccinated. Im just so over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want a vaccine desperately so my kid can stop masking at daycare (yes that’s the parameter the nutty parents have forced).

But no I won’t actually vaccinate my under 5 year old. This disease is a cold, old and immunocompromised people (and here and there, a few healthy people) die from colds and that’s that. I’m triple vaxxed, but not risking side effects for something unneeded that likely doesn’t work for my toddler. It’s time to move on, no masks, no restrictions, and if hospitals surge refuse entry to any unvaccinated adults.

Yup same. Tired of the masks in toddler, tired of the quarantine policy that doesn’t give credit for them wearing masks, tire of seemingly being the only parent who has an issue with both these things! Everyone else at our daycare is seemingly cool with all this until the kids can be “protected” by a potentially ineffective vaccine.

[Anonymous]

Moderna will seek FDA EUA for its vaccine soon, but it’s not very effective.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088167753/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-children-fda

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think what’s happening is that the risk of severe illness for young kids was already so low that it’s hard for the vaccines to be deemed worth their very small risk of adverse side effects in trials.

The good news is the risk is really low. Also it’s clear now after Omicron that vaccines aren’t going to keep us from transmitting it anyway. So what we need is very low risk of severe illness which we get from vaccines and little kids get from their age. So we’re there either way. And ftr yes I will be first in line with my kid if/when it’s approved. But I think we’re fine either way baring new and different variants.

This. I wouldn't worry about it, OP.

But then when can the young kids stop masking? And quarantining? I am not at all worried about medical effects of infection, but these rules we have created need to end.