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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don't think the under 12 vaccine will make much of a difference.  Many parents will decline because the risk of the vaccine is greater than the risk of the virus to most kids.  That's because the risk of the virus to kids is SO FREAKING LOW.

We have to stop thinking of the under 12 vaccine as some sort of game changer.  [/quote]

I don’t care what stupid people choose to do. I would like the option to protect my child. Just like I get my kid a flu vaccine. [/quote]

And you will get that option in mid-winter.  No one is taking that away from you.[/quote]

Right but until then I need to decide if I want to stick my kids in a classroom with a bunch of people who clearly, based on your post and others, are making bad choices. [/quote]

NP.  [b]Seriously, though, the FDA is debating about the risk of the vaccine to children versus the risk of covid[/b].  This is an actual empirical question.  It's not some anti-vax lunacy.

I think what people need to realize is that the risk to the under-12 set is very, very low, and always has been very, very low.  And it is extremely low now with community rates so low.[/quote]

This.  This is the reason the FDA just asked for 6 months of follow-up data for under 12's (vs the 2 months they wanted for adults). 
They are determining if it is worth it to vaccinate an entire population of kids when the risk to kids is so low.

People, WE MAY NEVER GET AN UNDER 12 VACCINE.    If there is essentially NO risk to kids from Covid, there are not going to approve an vaccine that has risks!

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I don't think this is correct. The FDA approved the Chicken pox vaccine almost exclusively because of the risk to adults and the loss of adult workdays. When push comes to shove, they'll approve the COVID vaccine -- p.m. at least for 6-11s -- for the same reason; I think for 2-5s as well. Chicken pox poses basically no risk to kids and all vaccines have some risks.[/quote]
Chicken pox kills 100 kids per year. Chicken pox vaccine also lowers risk for severe shingles later in life, so, win-win. [/quote]

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