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Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by sgc on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:28AM (#28277334)
Children under 12 are a major group that drop vaccination percentages down significantly everywhere. The hope is that once this age group can also be vaccinated, we can find the new normal and let people individually hedge their own bets.
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by h3cate on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:47AM (#28277642)
Why vaccinate children under 12? The only good reason I can see is if they have some sort of known health condition. Is there any other reasons why you would do this?
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by danans on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:54AM (#28277788)
The same reason to vaccinate everyone else: to minimize the opportunity for a more virulent strain to emerge - one against which current vaccines are ineffective.
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by robocat on Monday August 23, 2021 @04:14PM (#28281325)
Vaccinating the ~50 million kids of the US would make a 1% dent in the ~5 billion unvaccinated worldwide.

That won’t really make much of a difference in new strains emerging.

https://fortune.com/2021/07/14/covid-vaccine-tracker-update-...

Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by xorcist on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:07PM (#28278008)
Why not vaccinate kids for every other endemic virus under the sun then?
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by outside1234 on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:43PM (#28278568)
We should if that virus kills people at a high rate like COVID!
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by spookthesunset on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:10PM (#28278949)
Given the flu kills more kids than covid, we should probably require them to get that vaccine. Given more kids drown than die of covid, we should probably restrict their access to water. Given more kids die in fires, we should keep them out of structures made of wood. Given more die in auto accidents, they shouldn’t be allowed in cars.
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by handrous on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:17PM (#28279048)
> > We should if that virus kills people at a high rate like COVID!

> Given the flu kills more kids than covid

Emphasis mine.

Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by h3cate on Monday August 23, 2021 @04:23PM (#28281416)
When did adults become so afraid of kids? :D
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by saalweachter on Monday August 23, 2021 @02:52PM (#28280298)
... we do?
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by SuoDuanDao on Monday August 23, 2021 @02:58PM (#28280396)
Given that viruses respond to evolutionary pressure such as vaccines, this seems like a strange position.
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by base698 on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:04PM (#28277962)
I think you have that backwards:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/leaky-vaccines...

Selection pressures and non sterilizing vaccines are what causes more virulent strains to emerge.

Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by h3cate on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:05PM (#28277985)
But covid mutates and replicates in people whether they're vaccinated or not?
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by fxtentacle on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:57AM (#28277835)
Lower risk of heart muscle infection.
Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by xunn0026 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:50AM (#28285519)
The "new normal" is here. The boot on the masked human face has arrived.