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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what’s happening is that the risk of severe illness for young kids was already so low that it’s hard for the vaccines to be deemed worth their very small risk of adverse side effects in trials.

The good news is the risk is really low. Also it’s clear now after Omicron that vaccines aren’t going to keep us from transmitting it anyway. So what we need is very low risk of severe illness which we get from vaccines and little kids get from their age. So we’re there either way. And ftr yes I will be first in line with my kid if/when it’s approved. But I think we’re fine either way baring new and different variants. [/quote]

This. I wouldn't worry about it, OP.[/quote]

But then when can the young kids stop masking?   And quarantining?   I am not at all worried about medical effects of infection, but these rules we have created need to end.  [/quote]

Yeah this is pretty much of equal, if not more, concern to me. The masking for 2 year olds (!!), the crazy quarantining…these are tremendous disruptions in my life. If we had treated this more like another state or country, where we actually prioritized the needs of small children and families, I’d feel differently. [/quote]

I have friends and family in other countries and none of them are chomping at the bit for an under-5 vaccine. Many of them have kids under 12 and have not vaccinated them yet, not because they don't want to but because many countries don't even recommend vaccines for that age group unless they are in a high risk group or live with someone who is a immunocompromised. It's just a totally different attitude about vaccines for kids, even though all the adults in question are vaccinated.

And I think the reason why is that none of them have lived with such lengthy school closures, or masking of 2 and 3 year olds, or these intense quarantines for every positive case. Some of these countries did more restrictive lockdowns in response to the initial wave and the subsequent surges, but some didn't. And importantly, those lockdowns were imposed on everyone equally (so unvaccinated kids weren't uniquely imposed on) and were supported by other government action to ease some of the burden.

In the US we've heavily burdened families with young kids without offering much in the way of support, and I think it makes people desperate for a silver bullet that will relieve them of this burden. I wish vaccines WERE that silver bullet, but they clearly aren't. The real silver bullet is admitting that Covid is not that dangerous for very young kids, and also recognizing that while kids might spread Covid to adults, vaccines work pretty well for adults. We'll never lower risk to zero, but most children in this country could be living fairly normal lives without being exposed to serious risks or contributing much to overall risk to adults. But we're still so far from accepting this. Everyone is so out of whack.[/quote]

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