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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious question. Why would you vaccinate your kid? It’s an experimental treatment that does not prevent transmission. Kids are more likely to die of the flu. I’m vaccinated (older & chubby here), before I get shouted down as an anti-vaxxer. [/quote]

My DH and I are very hesitant about getting our kid vaccinated.  They are still under 5 so we don’t have to worry about pressure yet.  I work at a high school with high (self-reported) vaccination and booster rates and omicron ripped through the school.  All of the kids just sat at home for 10 days, maybe feeling a bit sick for one or two of them.  Vaccines just don’t seem to prevent spreading the disease in the way I would want it to before giving my very young child a brand new shot.  [/quote]

My nephew who is 6 and vaxxed was sick for 10 days with it. He infected his parents, and they infected friends. All boosted. All sick for a week, and missed a lot of work. A colleague and distant cousin just got out of the hospital both unvaxxed. One was in 10 days, another 14 and both still suffering and on supplemental oxygen.

So, not everyone is having mild reactions, but they could be a whole heck of a lot worse. Vaccines are doing their job. I really don’t understand wariness for a vaccine that hundreds of millions have taken. I get not doing for political reasons, but not wariness.[/quote]

People need to realize that the world is one big clinical trial with the vaccines.  Millions, likely billions, of adults have gotten the vaccine, and if there was any really serious short term effects of the vaccine, we would know it by now.

We are fortunate in this country with access to the best vaccines for Covid which is the mRNA vaccine.  DC has done a tremendous vaccine program with easy access with pop ups in every ward, outreach to community churches, knocking on doors, and huge prizes such as cars, scholarships, gift cards to get the vaccine in the poorer wards. Access and convenience has not been the issue here.  I doubt that DC will get anywhere even near to 50% for the 5-11 group like OP predicts.  
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