Anonymous wrote:Yes, we all get every vaccine that is recommended. Just did flu and Covid for our whole family last Thursday.

Same. The Covid boosters have not been recommended by our doctor. We never gave our kids any. DH and I got one booster way back when they first came out and didn’t get more. Our doctor stopped recommending them for us too.

Yes to the OP question. It will help against any variant. Booster might not be identical to current variant but still helps in reducing severity regardless of health or age. Wait 3 months from last infection if that’s a consideration. Thats what our pediatrician said and our family dr for us adults.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We are not getting them anymore.

We only got the flu shot.

Why bother with the flu shot if you don’t think you should get a COVID vax. Seems stupid.

COVID is still more deadly than the flu - https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/110126

There are many variations of flu and if you get the shot it can mitigate the symptoms. Covid is a different beast.

Not for kids.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We are not getting them anymore.

We only got the flu shot.

Why bother with the flu shot if you don’t think you should get a COVID vax. Seems stupid.

COVID is still more deadly than the flu - https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/110126

No vaccines for my kiddos from the start and no boosters either. Didn’t see the data to support it without long term safety data. And the vaccine companies are off the hook if anything happens to my kid down the road? No way. The older, more at-risk people in our family got vaccinated as they were willing to take their chances on long term effects. So glad we protected our kids from these shots! They’ve had mild covid multiple times, are fortunate to not be at risk with other health problems, and have now developed immunity to the point where it is a sniffle and a scratchy throat if they are exposed. And the vaccines aren’t reducing transmission, so no one needs to shame me for being selfish. Btw last time we were at urgent care for a strep test, they told us they don’t even test for covid anymore. And this was like last spring! Not sure if it was insurance related or what, but it seems to me it has become like any other cold virus now. How do people even know if they have it again now if urgent care centers don’t test? Are you all still doing home tests?!

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Anonymous wrote:No European country recommends Covid boosters for kids, so no. The US is an outlier with their indiscriminate recommendation, which is clearly driven by Pfizer lobbying.

What are your thoughts on the US auto lobby?

How is this relevant here? I'm sure it's strong, lol.

The same people that are against European innovations such as functioning public transportation and universal healthcare (they’re socialists! It would never work here! Etc.) suddenly citing European policies and recommendations when it comes to their anti vaccination beliefs just strikes me as funny.

Ha! I figured that was what you were trying to imply. Sorry to break it to you, but I am from Europe, a liberal, firmly in favor of public transportation and universal healthcare, currently losing sleep over the prospect of Trump winning the election, and YET I think American liberals have been crazy in their approach to Covid, particularly school closures, masks, and vaccines. No other country has politicized Covid to this degree, and that you still assume that someone who thinks that teens don't need Covid boosters must be a right-wing "anti-vaxxer" only proves my point. Good luck, America. This shit is what might win Trump the election.

Yes, people who are against routine vaccinations recommended by the CDC (as the Covid boosters are) are a segment of the anti-vaxxer crowd. You have more in common with the Trump supporters than you think.

Vaccinations shouldn’t be politicized, I agree with you there; it is you and your ilk who are firmly against official public health policy recommendations who are the folks politicizing it, however. (“But I did muh own research!” Yeah, we get it.)

Or maybe just like the rest of the world which doesn’t recommend it for people other than the vulnerable or elderly.

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Anonymous wrote:To pp who says he would find new pediatrician if they recommended the Covid booster - that is ridiculous. The cdc recommends it so that pediatrician would just be doing their job! Not recommended it would actually go against professional guidelines. I'd be surprised by pediatricians at least not offering the vaccine.

I’m not the PP you’re responding to and I wouldn’t switch pediatricians, even though our teen boys haven’t gotten any boosters. But their pediatrician doesn’t carry the vaccine or recommend it to kids.

I am the PP who said I would find a new pediatrician if ours were "pushing" Covid boosters on my boys. Ours did actually offer boosters to us last year, but when I said that my kids had three shots and weren't getting any more, didn't bat an eye and moved on, and didn't bring it up again at this fall's physical.

I personally don't think they should even offer them because there is no evidence that benefits outweigh the risks, but I know they probably have to due to the CDC recommendation. I would only hold it against them if they insisted and showed that they truly believed it was a good idea.

Hmmm… why do you think the CDC recommends boosters? Do you think the doctors working there are more or less qualified to make recommendations as to infectious diseases than your local pediatrician?

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Anonymous wrote:I promise I'm not a paranoid still wearing masks, but can the folks saying no say why? At this point, why isn't it any different from getting the flu shot?

My teens don't get a flu shot either.

Honestly, we have no idea what the long term effects of yearly shots (like flu shots and Covid shots) will have. So, we pass.

My teens are fully vaccinated otherwise, so I'm not an anti-vaxxer. Just don't see enough benefit to warrant yearly flu/Covid shots.

We also have no idea what the long terms effects of yearly covid infections are. Seems like it’s looking bad for lots of people from what little data we have.

Well, since annual boosters don't prevent anyone from getting infected, you are just adding an avoidable uncertainty to an unavoidable one.

I mean, you don’t know that either. I can easily imagine severity of illness playing in a role in long term outcomes, can’t you? If Covid is damaging vital organs I would think the less severe the infection, and the quicker you’re able to fight it off, the less chance for severe or lasting damage.

But I don’t know. Neither do you.

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Anonymous wrote:No European country recommends Covid boosters for kids, so no. The US is an outlier with their indiscriminate recommendation, which is clearly driven by Pfizer lobbying.

What are your thoughts on the US auto lobby?

How is this relevant here? I'm sure it's strong, lol.

The same people that are against European innovations such as functioning public transportation and universal healthcare (they’re socialists! It would never work here! Etc.) suddenly citing European policies and recommendations when it comes to their anti vaccination beliefs just strikes me as funny.

Ha! I figured that was what you were trying to imply. Sorry to break it to you, but I am from Europe, a liberal, firmly in favor of public transportation and universal healthcare, currently losing sleep over the prospect of Trump winning the election, and YET I think American liberals have been crazy in their approach to Covid, particularly school closures, masks, and vaccines. No other country has politicized Covid to this degree, and that you still assume that someone who thinks that teens don't need Covid boosters must be a right-wing "anti-vaxxer" only proves my point. Good luck, America. This shit is what might win Trump the election.

Yes, people who are against routine vaccinations recommended by the CDC (as the Covid boosters are) are a segment of the anti-vaxxer crowd. You have more in common with the Trump supporters than you think.

Vaccinations shouldn’t be politicized, I agree with you there; it is you and your ilk who are firmly against official public health policy recommendations who are the folks politicizing it, however. (“But I did muh own research!” Yeah, we get it.)

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Anonymous wrote:My teens last got covid shots in December 2022 and were each sick for 4 days, high fever, vomitting and aches / headache.

I then read that the latest strain of Covid has exactly the same symptoms and lasts about 4 days.

So I've not made them go through it again. Flu shots but not Covid shots, same for me.

The vaccine doesn’t get you sick with Covid. Educate yourself

Hello moron. Get your IQ checked next time, maybe you're over 80.

Anonymous wrote:We all had Covid in early Sept. Our pediatrician said to wait 3-4 months and then get the new Covid vaccine.

Are you aware that the strain covered by the "new" Covid vaccine is already long gone?

No

We all had Covid in early Sept. Our pediatrician said to wait 3-4 months and then get the new Covid vaccine.

Our kids got flu and COVID shots, as did we. Long COVID seems bad, and our kids haven’t had reactions to the vaccine.
Got all other vaccinations as well. I’m a child a crazy right-wing Trump supporter who’s a doctor who thinks we’re crazy but has gotten all the vaccines. 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous wrote:To pp who says he would find new pediatrician if they recommended the Covid booster - that is ridiculous. The cdc recommends it so that pediatrician would just be doing their job! Not recommended it would actually go against professional guidelines. I'd be surprised by pediatricians at least not offering the vaccine.

I’m not the PP you’re responding to and I wouldn’t switch pediatricians, even though our teen boys haven’t gotten any boosters. But their pediatrician doesn’t carry the vaccine or recommend it to kids.

I am the PP who said I would find a new pediatrician if ours were "pushing" Covid boosters on my boys. Ours did actually offer boosters to us last year, but when I said that my kids had three shots and weren't getting any more, didn't bat an eye and moved on, and didn't bring it up again at this fall's physical.

I personally don't think they should even offer them because there is no evidence that benefits outweigh the risks, but I know they probably have to due to the CDC recommendation. I would only hold it against them if they insisted and showed that they truly believed it was a good idea.