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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a mom of older teens so its been a while. My sister is having a baby and her ob/gym said anyone around the baby within the first two months must have a flu shot, covid shot and Dtap.

I've had enough covid shots and had covid a few times. I was not planning to get me or my kids another shot.

Is this standard for newborns now?[/quote]

Your sister is asking you to help protect her baby.  Who cares if it’s standard!  If you don’t want to comply wait to see the child until you sister feels it’s safe.  It sounds like you are looking for a reason to fight with your sister and have “proof” she’s wrong.  It’s her kid. Let her do what she feels is best.

FWIW - I didn’t ask people to vaccinate and my kids were fine, but my youngest is 12. I did ask them to be healthy and wash their hands.[/quote]

OP here - one thing I don't understand is that just because you have the recent covid shot doesn't mean you won't get Covid. If Covid is really the concern shouldn't  they make everyone who enters the house test for covid?   Family members will be walking off planes minutes before seeing them. [/quote]

You could say the same thing about the flu shot. However, most people get it because even if you get the flu, usually it’s a milder case.

I am a parent of a teenager who gets pneumonia every single time she gets cold or the flu. She is vaccinated for Covid yearly now and she has also had Covid three times— all mild cases (none within the last 2 years though). Each time she got Covid she also ended up with a mild level of pneumonia. Had she not been vaccinated for Covid. Both the Covid and pneumonia would have been much worse. Her pediatrician actually very strongly recommended she get the shot annually for the foreseeable future. So, everyone in the household also gets vaccinated.  So I get where you’re coming from about the fact that the vaccine doesn’t completely prevent the disease, but it would make it milder for you and your family hopefully.  And following that, maybe not pass it along to the baby.  I would honestly live by the rule of not going near this new baby if you feel at all under the weather.

But to answer your question, yes I would get the Covid shot.  And if you and your family plan to be around this baby on a regular or semi regular basis, I would continue to get the vaccine for the foreseeable future.
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