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Would you get your five year old vaccinated for COVID?

Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:13 pm
Posted by GeneralLee
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:13 pm
My wife and I (mid 30's) are vaccinated but have not gotten our kids vaccinated (oldest is five years old). Our assessment is that the risk profile for young children seems to be a lot lower than adults as far as COVID goes. This is even more true now that omicron is basically just the cold and even the vaccines don't do much to protect against contracting omicron. In addition, the unknown long term effects of the vaccine, especially myocarditis, for kids seem to pose a greater risk than COVID at this point.

Am I crazy for telling my liberal mother and sister, who are trying to badger me into getting my 5 year old vaccinated, to mind their own business? It would seem that two parents could rationally conclude that the vaccine made sense for them at the time (spring '21 for Delta variant) while it doesn't make sense for young children at this time (weak omicron variant and vaccines not really stopping contracting omicron).
Posted by p&g
Dixie
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Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:13 pm to
Sweet Troll
This post was edited on 1/8/22 at 4:14 pm
Posted by AcetylCoA
Pasadena, California
Member since Nov 2009
2654 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:13 pm to
No
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:13 pm to
Absolutely not.
Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
14564 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:14 pm to
No shot
Posted by PhiTiger1764
Lurker since Aug 2003
Member since Oct 2009
13864 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:14 pm to
Hearts not fully developed. No long term study. No.
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
11508 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:14 pm to
Negative.

Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
140462 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:14 pm to
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My wife and I (mid 30's) are vaccinated
prog sheeple
Posted by KLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
10305 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:15 pm to
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Our assessment is that the risk profile for young children seems to be a lot lower than adults as far as COVID goes.


Risk for healthy people in their mid 30’s isn’t much higher than your 5 year old.
Posted by GeneralLee
Member since Aug 2004
13104 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:16 pm to
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prog sheeple


LOL trust me not true. I'm very right wing while my wife is center right/apathetic to politics. I am against vaccine mandates but think it's not crazy for adults to choose on their own to get the vaccine.
Posted by RexKramer
Chicago
Member since Nov 2020
411 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:16 pm to
Nope
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
11190 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:17 pm to
Absolutely not.

Unless they have leukemia or something there is zero medical justification for vaccinating healthy children.
Posted by tigergirl10
Member since Jul 2019
10311 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:17 pm to
Absolutely not. My daughter is 7, and no way in hell.
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
15639 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:17 pm to
Absolutely no damn reason to.
There is no risk of serious injury or death.
They will struggle more with a cold they got from Kindergarten.
All the fear is a lie and the data does not support their goals.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95341 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:18 pm to
We have not got our 5 year old vaccinated. Just don’t see the point at all considering he had covid especially

On that note, I don’t have any fear of the vaccine for that age and millions of children have received it without issue in the macro sense

Talk to the doctor you trust, make your decision, and frick everyone else’s opinion. It’s the only way to parent in modern times. You can’t worry about what other people try and tell you, because you will always have 50% telling you that you are a terrible parent regardless what you do

Post on Reddit and they will love you. Post here they will hate you. And vice versa depending on your choice
This post was edited on 1/8/22 at 4:19 pm
Posted by SuperSaint
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Member since Sep 2007
140462 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:18 pm to
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Absolutely not. My daughter is 7,
you procreated?
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48567 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:18 pm to
Nope it's a perfectly reasonable stance to not get kids vaccinated for a virus they have almost zero risk from. My 15 yr old isn't vaccinated.
This post was edited on 1/8/22 at 4:21 pm
Posted by WPBTiger
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Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:19 pm to
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
11070 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:20 pm to
Do what you want.
Posted by summersausage
Member since Jul 2010
1816 posts
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:20 pm to
See if you can triple vaxx.
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