Anonymous wrote:Did you see this on npr? Makes you question the people making the decisions on these shots and whether they are biased.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/18/1117778748/whats-behind-the-fdas-controversial-strategy-for-evaluating-new-covid-boosters

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Anonymous wrote:We had our kids boosted when it was approved (in May I think?). We all got Covid in July. 5 year old had almost no symptoms, 8 year old was sick for 2 days with cold symptoms and then recovered quickly. Mid-40s DH and I were down for 2 weeks. It was rough. We were also boosted, but back in December.

I will happily get as many Covid shots as they approve because I can't imagine having it without the immune protection. It was awful. We did fully recover, no lingering issues, but I do not want a repeat if I can avoid it.

My 8 year old was not boosted when she got it in July and she had a headache for 12 hours and that was her only symptom. Kids that age aren't going to get very sick. I don't think you can attribute a child's mild illness to getting boosted.

This. Kid likely would have had a mild illness even if he/she was not boosted.

+1. My unvaccinated toddler got covid and had basically no symptoms. I had had three shots at the time (last January when everyone had covid) and was way sicker than him. The vaccines aren’t doing much for kids. Everyone knows this by now.

Yeah, but this isn't true across the board. It totally depends on the kid. And unfortunately it's hard to know which kids might be more impacted. I know some kids who've gotten really sick from COVID and others who weren't affected at all.

While you might be surprised at friends' children (since you don't know their medical status), it's really not difficult to know if you own child will be heavily impacted. Mine had omicron - was a day-long headache. The only way I knew was because I came down with it four days later and literally never leave the house.

I know my friend thought her daughter (who had never tested positive or shown any symptoms) was immune. She ended up sick for days with a high fever and vomiting.

Okaaaaaay. And? Are we trying to prevent fevers and vomiting now? We can't, you know.

Yeah, you don't really know that. If a booster lessens severity maybe your kid only gets a headache and no fever at all. Maybe they miss only one day of school instead of 5.

My kids had no side effects from the first round of vaccines so I see no reason not to try the booster. Maybe it helps and maybe it doesn't but we have nothing to lose and maybe a lot to gain.

Good lord. Keep getting the shots. If you believe that crap the headache is less, the sore throat was not as bad. People have lost it. Listen to yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:We had our kids boosted when it was approved (in May I think?). We all got Covid in July. 5 year old had almost no symptoms, 8 year old was sick for 2 days with cold symptoms and then recovered quickly. Mid-40s DH and I were down for 2 weeks. It was rough. We were also boosted, but back in December.

I will happily get as many Covid shots as they approve because I can't imagine having it without the immune protection. It was awful. We did fully recover, no lingering issues, but I do not want a repeat if I can avoid it.

My 8 year old was not boosted when she got it in July and she had a headache for 12 hours and that was her only symptom. Kids that age aren't going to get very sick. I don't think you can attribute a child's mild illness to getting boosted.

This. Kid likely would have had a mild illness even if he/she was not boosted.

+1. My unvaccinated toddler got covid and had basically no symptoms. I had had three shots at the time (last January when everyone had covid) and was way sicker than him. The vaccines aren’t doing much for kids. Everyone knows this by now.

Yeah, but this isn't true across the board. It totally depends on the kid. And unfortunately it's hard to know which kids might be more impacted. I know some kids who've gotten really sick from COVID and others who weren't affected at all.

While you might be surprised at friends' children (since you don't know their medical status), it's really not difficult to know if you own child will be heavily impacted. Mine had omicron - was a day-long headache. The only way I knew was because I came down with it four days later and literally never leave the house.

I know my friend thought her daughter (who had never tested positive or shown any symptoms) was immune. She ended up sick for days with a high fever and vomiting.

Okaaaaaay. And? Are we trying to prevent fevers and vomiting now? We can't, you know.

Yeah, you don't really know that. If a booster lessens severity maybe your kid only gets a headache and no fever at all. Maybe they miss only one day of school instead of 5.

My kids had no side effects from the first round of vaccines so I see no reason not to try the booster. Maybe it helps and maybe it doesn't but we have nothing to lose and maybe a lot to gain.

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Anonymous wrote:We had our kids boosted when it was approved (in May I think?). We all got Covid in July. 5 year old had almost no symptoms, 8 year old was sick for 2 days with cold symptoms and then recovered quickly. Mid-40s DH and I were down for 2 weeks. It was rough. We were also boosted, but back in December.

I will happily get as many Covid shots as they approve because I can't imagine having it without the immune protection. It was awful. We did fully recover, no lingering issues, but I do not want a repeat if I can avoid it.

My 8 year old was not boosted when she got it in July and she had a headache for 12 hours and that was her only symptom. Kids that age aren't going to get very sick. I don't think you can attribute a child's mild illness to getting boosted.

This. Kid likely would have had a mild illness even if he/she was not boosted.

+1. My unvaccinated toddler got covid and had basically no symptoms. I had had three shots at the time (last January when everyone had covid) and was way sicker than him. The vaccines aren’t doing much for kids. Everyone knows this by now.

Yeah, but this isn't true across the board. It totally depends on the kid. And unfortunately it's hard to know which kids might be more impacted. I know some kids who've gotten really sick from COVID and others who weren't affected at all.

While you might be surprised at friends' children (since you don't know their medical status), it's really not difficult to know if you own child will be heavily impacted. Mine had omicron - was a day-long headache. The only way I knew was because I came down with it four days later and literally never leave the house.

I know my friend thought her daughter (who had never tested positive or shown any symptoms) was immune. She ended up sick for days with a high fever and vomiting.

Okaaaaaay. And? Are we trying to prevent fevers and vomiting now? We can't, you know.

Yeah, you don't really know that. If a booster lessens severity maybe your kid only gets a headache and no fever at all. Maybe they miss only one day of school instead of 5.

My kids had no side effects from the first round of vaccines so I see no reason not to try the booster. Maybe it helps and maybe it doesn't but we have nothing to lose and maybe a lot to gain.

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Anonymous wrote:We had our kids boosted when it was approved (in May I think?). We all got Covid in July. 5 year old had almost no symptoms, 8 year old was sick for 2 days with cold symptoms and then recovered quickly. Mid-40s DH and I were down for 2 weeks. It was rough. We were also boosted, but back in December.

I will happily get as many Covid shots as they approve because I can't imagine having it without the immune protection. It was awful. We did fully recover, no lingering issues, but I do not want a repeat if I can avoid it.

My 8 year old was not boosted when she got it in July and she had a headache for 12 hours and that was her only symptom. Kids that age aren't going to get very sick. I don't think you can attribute a child's mild illness to getting boosted.

This. Kid likely would have had a mild illness even if he/she was not boosted.

+1. My unvaccinated toddler got covid and had basically no symptoms. I had had three shots at the time (last January when everyone had covid) and was way sicker than him. The vaccines aren’t doing much for kids. Everyone knows this by now.

Yeah, but this isn't true across the board. It totally depends on the kid. And unfortunately it's hard to know which kids might be more impacted. I know some kids who've gotten really sick from COVID and others who weren't affected at all.

While you might be surprised at friends' children (since you don't know their medical status), it's really not difficult to know if you own child will be heavily impacted. Mine had omicron - was a day-long headache. The only way I knew was because I came down with it four days later and literally never leave the house.

I know my friend thought her daughter (who had never tested positive or shown any symptoms) was immune. She ended up sick for days with a high fever and vomiting.

Okaaaaaay. And? Are we trying to prevent fevers and vomiting now? We can't, you know.

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Anonymous wrote:We had our kids boosted when it was approved (in May I think?). We all got Covid in July. 5 year old had almost no symptoms, 8 year old was sick for 2 days with cold symptoms and then recovered quickly. Mid-40s DH and I were down for 2 weeks. It was rough. We were also boosted, but back in December.

I will happily get as many Covid shots as they approve because I can't imagine having it without the immune protection. It was awful. We did fully recover, no lingering issues, but I do not want a repeat if I can avoid it.

My 8 year old was not boosted when she got it in July and she had a headache for 12 hours and that was her only symptom. Kids that age aren't going to get very sick. I don't think you can attribute a child's mild illness to getting boosted.

This. Kid likely would have had a mild illness even if he/she was not boosted.

+1. My unvaccinated toddler got covid and had basically no symptoms. I had had three shots at the time (last January when everyone had covid) and was way sicker than him. The vaccines aren’t doing much for kids. Everyone knows this by now.

Yeah, but this isn't true across the board. It totally depends on the kid. And unfortunately it's hard to know which kids might be more impacted. I know some kids who've gotten really sick from COVID and others who weren't affected at all.

While you might be surprised at friends' children (since you don't know their medical status), it's really not difficult to know if you own child will be heavily impacted. Mine had omicron - was a day-long headache. The only way I knew was because I came down with it four days later and literally never leave the house.

I know my friend thought her daughter (who had never tested positive or shown any symptoms) was immune. She ended up sick for days with a high fever and vomiting.

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Anonymous wrote:We had our kids boosted when it was approved (in May I think?). We all got Covid in July. 5 year old had almost no symptoms, 8 year old was sick for 2 days with cold symptoms and then recovered quickly. Mid-40s DH and I were down for 2 weeks. It was rough. We were also boosted, but back in December.

I will happily get as many Covid shots as they approve because I can't imagine having it without the immune protection. It was awful. We did fully recover, no lingering issues, but I do not want a repeat if I can avoid it.

My 8 year old was not boosted when she got it in July and she had a headache for 12 hours and that was her only symptom. Kids that age aren't going to get very sick. I don't think you can attribute a child's mild illness to getting boosted.

This. Kid likely would have had a mild illness even if he/she was not boosted.

+1. My unvaccinated toddler got covid and had basically no symptoms. I had had three shots at the time (last January when everyone had covid) and was way sicker than him. The vaccines aren’t doing much for kids. Everyone knows this by now.

Yeah, but this isn't true across the board. It totally depends on the kid. And unfortunately it's hard to know which kids might be more impacted. I know some kids who've gotten really sick from COVID and others who weren't affected at all.

While you might be surprised at friends' children (since you don't know their medical status), it's really not difficult to know if you own child will be heavily impacted. Mine had omicron - was a day-long headache. The only way I knew was because I came down with it four days later and literally never leave the house.

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Anonymous wrote:At first I didn’t want to get the booster for our kids. I thought it was pointless and they had side effects from the first vaccine. Then I got Covid over the summer and it was so awful that I decided to go ahead and get the boosters for the kids, if it could possibly reduce the chance that they catch it.

This is how I feel too. I know the vaccine doesn’t prevent illness anymore like it used to with the alpha strain but if it keeps them from getting half as sick as I did it will be worth it.

Anonymous wrote:Most kids (80-90%) of kids have had COVID already. That wasn’t the case when the vaccine first was available for them. I got my kids vaxxed but not boosting since we all had COVID in June. My kids are actually sicker than me but not any worse than they are with other illnesses they get. I haven’t seen a compelling reason to get my kids boosted when they already had COVID. I’m also very skeptical of cDC guidance when comparing it to other country’s approaches. We live our lives normally (yes including without masks) and don’t think about COVID much. It’s been a great summer and hoping school is 100% back to normal.

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Anonymous wrote:We had our kids boosted when it was approved (in May I think?). We all got Covid in July. 5 year old had almost no symptoms, 8 year old was sick for 2 days with cold symptoms and then recovered quickly. Mid-40s DH and I were down for 2 weeks. It was rough. We were also boosted, but back in December.

I will happily get as many Covid shots as they approve because I can't imagine having it without the immune protection. It was awful. We did fully recover, no lingering issues, but I do not want a repeat if I can avoid it.

My 8 year old was not boosted when she got it in July and she had a headache for 12 hours and that was her only symptom. Kids that age aren't going to get very sick. I don't think you can attribute a child's mild illness to getting boosted.

This. Kid likely would have had a mild illness even if he/she was not boosted.

+1. My unvaccinated toddler got covid and had basically no symptoms. I had had three shots at the time (last January when everyone had covid) and was way sicker than him. The vaccines aren’t doing much for kids. Everyone knows this by now.

Yeah, but this isn't true across the board. It totally depends on the kid. And unfortunately it's hard to know which kids might be more impacted. I know some kids who've gotten really sick from COVID and others who weren't affected at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine aren't even vaccinated.

You are in the majority. According to the AAP, 70% of kids age 5-11 are also not vaccinated.