Anonymous
12/01/2025 16:47
Subject: Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
My kids are now older but I think you are being reasonable in this day and age. My youngest contracted flu at 3 weeks. He needed a lumbar puncture and to be hospitalized. It was awful. This is your baby and you get to make the rules. It is tough to avoid others for 6 months as I’m sure you’re not a hermit but you can be choosy about who is in your orbit and who can touch or hold your baby.
Anonymous
12/01/2025 16:18
Subject: Re:Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
I reminded my local, catches-every-illness brother to get his Covid booster and flu shot in advance but otherwise didn’t inquire and threw the baby at anyone who looked his way. He’s about to turn 1 and still hasn’t been sick-sick despite starting daycare at 3 months. Grandparents and aforementioned uncle updated their TDaPs a few years prior for our first.
Our family and friends are vaccine-happy and germ-conscious, so I really didn’t worry about it. YMMV
Our family and friends are vaccine-happy and germ-conscious, so I really didn’t worry about it. YMMV
Anonymous
12/01/2025 15:54
Subject: Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, I would require it.
If that means people who are dumb enough not to keep their covid shots up to date aren't in our lives, I'm good with that!
Absolutely! Anyone taking advice from someone who swims in sewage and admits having a worm-eaten brain does NOT need to be in my home or around my child.
Anonymous
12/01/2025 15:53
Subject: Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
It's your baby, and your only responsibility is her safety.
If other people don't care about her safety, they should stay away.
If other people don't care about her safety, they should stay away.
Anonymous
12/01/2025 14:46
Subject: Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
OP here - my point was we thought we were supposed to ask people to do get these shots b/c of American pediatric society advice. Now that I realize the baby won't have covid shot until 6 months, it seems dumb to tell these other people who are close friends and immediate family to go get a covid shot. We can't not leave the house for 6 months.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 19:29
Subject: Re:Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Anonymous wrote:Id require flu and Tdap to hold and snuggle before 2 months. If you’re concerned about covid then ask that they test before coming over.
You're misunderstanding the intent. As 17:50
explained, approaches to covid have never been based on efficacy, but rather virtue signaling.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 19:16
Subject: Re:Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Id require flu and Tdap to hold and snuggle before 2 months. If you’re concerned about covid then ask that they test before coming over.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 19:07
Subject: Re:Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Still amazes me how much dcum thinks covid is some wild conspiracy.
Infants under 6 months are at highest risk of severe covid abs comparable to adults over 65.
I kept my kids isolated until fully vaccinated for it because the world is filled with jerks who think wearing a mask or staying home when sick is too hard.
No, the covid mortality rate is 50-100x higher in 65-74-year-olds than infants. About 200x higher in 75-84 year-olds.
It isn't a significant risk in infants.
RD
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October 2, 2024
Protecting infants and children from COVID-19-associated hospitalization
October 2, 2024, 1:40 PM EDT
What to know
Infants younger than 6 months of age and children with one or more underlying medical conditions are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy can help protect infants after birth and is recommended for all pregnant women year-round.
Children aged 6 months to 4 years are recommended to receive a multidose initial COVID-19 vaccination series. This is especially important for children with underlying medical conditions.
A parent holding their infant against their chest.
Summary
What CDC Knows
Indicators of COVID-19 activity, including COVID-19 test positivity, emergency department visits and rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations, increased this summer. During the week ending August 10, 2024, 5.8% of emergency department visits among children younger than 5 years of age were due to COVID-19. While emergency department visits and hospitalizations have started to decline in recent weeks, they are still elevated across the United States.
What CDC is doing
CDC uses surveillance systems year-round to monitor multiple respiratory viruses. CDC continues to monitor COVID-19 activity through various sources including lab test positivity, emergency department visits and hospitalizations. This surveillance helps to identify trends and patterns of disease spread. CDC promotes vaccination by educating health care providers and the public and supporting vaccine purchase through the Vaccines for Children program.
A higher proportion of young children are visiting emergency departments for COVID-19
As SARS-CoV-2 circulation increased this summer, emergency department visits due to COVID-19 increased in all ages, including among infants and young children. During the week ending August 10, 2024, 5.8% of emergency department visits among children younger than 5 years of age were due to COVID-19. This represents a higher proportion of visits due to COVID-19 than any other age group.
While most children experience asymptomatic, mild, or moderate COVID-19 illness, some children can experience severe illness. Severe illness can result in admission to the hospital, and in some cases, the use of mechanical ventilation, a type of breathing machine. Infants younger than 6 months of age and children with one or more underlying medical conditions are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
COVID-19 Associated Emergency Department Visits by Age
A line graph of the percentages of emergency department visits by age group from October 2022 to September 2024.
Data from National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) as of September 25, 2024, show that children less than 5 years of age have the highest proportion of emergency department visits attributed to COVID-19.
Among children, infants less than 6 months of age are at highest risk of COVID-19-associated hospitalization
As observed during previous periods of increased SARS-CoV-2 circulation, COVID-19 hospitalization rates for children younger than 5 years of age increased from June to August, with the highest pediatric rates in infants less than 6 months. These COVID-19 hospitalization rates follow trends over the last three years, which have consistently demonstrated higher hospitalization rates among infants younger than 6 months of age than in any other pediatric age group and comparable to rates in adults ages 65 years and older.
Infants have higher hospitalization rates for any illness because they're worried that something more serious might be going on. Covid itself isn't particularly dangerous to infants. Mortality rates are a better metric for assessing severity than hospitalizations, and mortality rates are orders of magnitude lower in infants versus the elderly.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:50
Subject: Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, I would require it.
If that means people who are dumb enough not to keep their covid shots up to date aren't in our lives, I'm good with that!
+1
It’s a useful filter for other MAHA lunacy I don’t need around vulnerable kids.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:15
Subject: Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Yes, I would require it.
If that means people who are dumb enough not to keep their covid shots up to date aren't in our lives, I'm good with that!
If that means people who are dumb enough not to keep their covid shots up to date aren't in our lives, I'm good with that!
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:09
Subject: Re:Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Still amazes me how much dcum thinks covid is some wild conspiracy.
Infants under 6 months are at highest risk of severe covid abs comparable to adults over 65.
I kept my kids isolated until fully vaccinated for it because the world is filled with jerks who think wearing a mask or staying home when sick is too hard.
No, the covid mortality rate is 50-100x higher in 65-74-year-olds than infants. About 200x higher in 75-84 year-olds.
It isn't a significant risk in infants.
RD
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Protecting infants and children from COVID-19-associated hospitalization
October 2, 2024, 1:40 PM EDT
What to know
Infants younger than 6 months of age and children with one or more underlying medical conditions are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy can help protect infants after birth and is recommended for all pregnant women year-round.
Children aged 6 months to 4 years are recommended to receive a multidose initial COVID-19 vaccination series. This is especially important for children with underlying medical conditions.
A parent holding their infant against their chest.
Summary
What CDC Knows
Indicators of COVID-19 activity, including COVID-19 test positivity, emergency department visits and rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations, increased this summer. During the week ending August 10, 2024, 5.8% of emergency department visits among children younger than 5 years of age were due to COVID-19. While emergency department visits and hospitalizations have started to decline in recent weeks, they are still elevated across the United States.
What CDC is doing
CDC uses surveillance systems year-round to monitor multiple respiratory viruses. CDC continues to monitor COVID-19 activity through various sources including lab test positivity, emergency department visits and hospitalizations. This surveillance helps to identify trends and patterns of disease spread. CDC promotes vaccination by educating health care providers and the public and supporting vaccine purchase through the Vaccines for Children program.
A higher proportion of young children are visiting emergency departments for COVID-19
As SARS-CoV-2 circulation increased this summer, emergency department visits due to COVID-19 increased in all ages, including among infants and young children. During the week ending August 10, 2024, 5.8% of emergency department visits among children younger than 5 years of age were due to COVID-19. This represents a higher proportion of visits due to COVID-19 than any other age group.
While most children experience asymptomatic, mild, or moderate COVID-19 illness, some children can experience severe illness. Severe illness can result in admission to the hospital, and in some cases, the use of mechanical ventilation, a type of breathing machine. Infants younger than 6 months of age and children with one or more underlying medical conditions are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
COVID-19 Associated Emergency Department Visits by Age
A line graph of the percentages of emergency department visits by age group from October 2022 to September 2024.
Data from National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) as of September 25, 2024, show that children less than 5 years of age have the highest proportion of emergency department visits attributed to COVID-19.
Among children, infants less than 6 months of age are at highest risk of COVID-19-associated hospitalization
As observed during previous periods of increased SARS-CoV-2 circulation, COVID-19 hospitalization rates for children younger than 5 years of age increased from June to August, with the highest pediatric rates in infants less than 6 months. These COVID-19 hospitalization rates follow trends over the last three years, which have consistently demonstrated higher hospitalization rates among infants younger than 6 months of age than in any other pediatric age group and comparable to rates in adults ages 65 years and older.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:07
Subject: Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Anonymous wrote:These don’t stop transmission. If you are working or going out of the house you put baby at risk more. Ask people take a covid test, and wash hands and mask.
Agree masking far more effective than vaccines for preventing spread
Anonymous
11/30/2025 01:56
Subject: Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
These don’t stop transmission. If you are working or going out of the house you put baby at risk more. Ask people take a covid test, and wash hands and mask.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 01:42
Subject: Re:Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
Anonymous wrote:Still amazes me how much dcum thinks covid is some wild conspiracy.
Infants under 6 months are at highest risk of severe covid abs comparable to adults over 65.
I kept my kids isolated until fully vaccinated for it because the world is filled with jerks who think wearing a mask or staying home when sick is too hard.
No, the covid mortality rate is 50-100x higher in 65-74-year-olds than infants. About 200x higher in 75-84 year-olds.
It isn't a significant risk in infants.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 01:06
Subject: Re:Asking visitors to have Covid shots?