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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People tend to have a very distorted view of the risk associated with things that are new.

If 1,000 kids die of flue, nobody cares, but if 400 die from COVID, it's a crisis.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/999241558/in-kids-the-risk-of-covid-19-and-the-flu-are-similar-but-the-risk-perception-isn

HARRIS: Even a vaccinated parent can occasionally get infected with the coronavirus. There's also a small risk that the virus can pass to an unvaccinated child, and that child has an extremely small risk of getting seriously ill. To date, out of more than 74 million children in the United States, there have been about 300 COVID deaths and a few thousand serious illnesses. Hospitalization numbers look worse, but Dr. Roshni Mathew at Stanford's Children's Hospital says those numbers are inflated.
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Tell me if you would - what’s the risk of lifelong disability with flu vs covid?[/quote]

Or any of the other potential unknowns about the long term impact of COVID? Aren't we largely talking about another 3-6 months until a Pfizer vaccine or the like will be available for kids under 12? What's so hard about changing your behavior for just a little bit longer?[/quote]

NP.  Because I just don't see the evidence that says that casual vaccinated strangers masking protects kids.  I would do it in a heartbeat if I thought it was useful.  But the truth of the matter is that I run into kids that are too young to be vaccinated in stores and the like indoors.  In those spaces, I am do not have much contact with the kid.  In the unlikely event that I have an asymptomatic case of COVID now that I am vaccinated and living with vaccinated adults and teens, I just dont see how I could pass the virus to them.  And even if lightening struck and I did pass to them, all evidence says that the vast majority of them will be fine.  Now if my sister asks me to mask indoors while I hang out with my young nephew, I would do it.  Because it is more than casual contact.  The likelihood of my nephew picking up COVID from me is also very small, but its higher than for a neighborhood kid at the grocery store.  This is why vaccinated people masking creates a sense of protection that is false.  The only thing to do with young kids is to unfortunately continue to be mindful of social distancing.  I hope the pediatric vaccine is available soon.  [/quote]
It sometimes only takes 3 seconds. I don’t know that you understand how contagious delta is. https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/delta-covid-variant-spread/285-943c6cb2-19a4-4d58-93ca-4b245e53b136
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/08/1013794996/why-the-delta-variant-is-so-contagious-a-new-study-sheds-light

I don’t think masking is such a big ask. Younger kids only matter to you if you know them and the family asks personally? Social distancing doesn’t do anything for this variant. I have three small kids too young to be vaccinated (who we take to parks and the library and that‘s it right now) and I’d ask you not to be so cavalier with their lives and those of the other several million too young to get the shot.[/quote]

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