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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I bet the APS vaccination rate for kids will jump up as soon as parents realize that vaccinated kids don't need to quarantine if they are a close contact...

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Arlington's vaccination rate of 12 to 17 year olds is through the roof. Probably one of the highest in the country.
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If you ask your average Arlingtonian, they think 12 to 17 year olds are dying left and right and they think COVID will be eradicated (both false). [/b]Little do they know that many recent flu seasons are more deadly to kids than COVID and COVID will be here for the rest of everyone's life.  How does this misinformation take over in one of the most educated counties in the country?

Close contacts, vaccinated or not, should not be quarantining period.  A 1.6% rate of later getting COVID vs. the harm of missing school vs. the less than flu level risk of COVID to kids.  Balance of harms is clear here that quarantines should be eliminated for close contacts.[/quote]

The latest numbers on ages 12-19 on the Arlington vaccination dashboard is 87% vaccinated.  That has to be one of the highest in the country.[/quote]

I've never heard anyone in Arlington say either of those (bolding mine). And I have kids in APS that are under 12. The parents I talk to are all vaccinated themselves and want the vaccine for their under 12s in order to (1) prevent disease, just like they get a vaccine for any other communicable illness, including the flu, and (2) minimize disruptions to school and life, i.e. quarantines.

But I'm not on FB, not a member of any group such as SR or APE, and am not having online discussions, but in-person discussions. So I would guess I'm having more reasonable conversations than some who are arguing online. [/quote]

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