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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given how contagious Delta is, I think many of us have resigned ourselves that our kids will probably get it at school despite mitigation measures. It’s a terrifying premise after essentially hiding out from the disease for over a year. But most of what I’m reading says that kids don’t get super sick. We didn’t live in a risk free world before Covid, and despite my anxiety disorder, I’m not going to insist on one now.[/quote]

This is really it. I'd really love to avoid DC getting it before the child vaccine is approved, but at this point, it feels inevitable and I guess it's better for DC to develop some natural immunity before a worse variant comes along. So we'll keep wearing our masks and what will be, will be. [/quote]

As variant studies have shown us, your immunity only lasts for that particular strain. As soon as a new one comes along, you can get sick again. We knew this last year even before Delta came along.

Vaccines protect better than natural immunity, but they're still not completely protective.

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Yes but natural immunity confers some protection, including reducing severity of a reinfection. And I'm saying this as someone that's had my kids on the wait list for the vaccine trials for months. As the alarmist "doctor" said, we're sitting ducks for the next supercharged variant and while this COVID doesn't scare me for my kids, I have no idea what the next variant will look like. [/quote]

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