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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s not necessary to require the most recent Covid shot. Flu and TDAP, absolutely, plus hand washing and no visiting if you’re even a little sick.

[b]But Covid is generally not that dangerous for babies [/b]and my understand of the shots is that they more improve immune response/seriousness of illness but NOT transmission. So I don’t think they even help protect your baby. Check with your doctor, but my guess is that’s not an important [/quote]

The bolded is absolutely not true. Babies under 1 have among the highest risk of complications. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-in-babies-and-children/art-20484405[/quote]

That's a bit misleading without additional context. The overall rate of mortality is low in infants, and the rate of hospitalizations for other infections is higher in infants then older kids/adults- the higher hospitalization rate isn't unique to covid and doesn't show a meaningfully increased overall risk. Basically, covid isn't something to be uniquely or particularly worried about, even in infants.[/quote]

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