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Old 09-04-2021, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Nantonaku View Post
Did health officials weigh these different options last year when mandating lock downs and home schooling? It doesn't seem like economic destruction, social isolation or mental health was factored into any of the bureaucrat's decision making process in the last year. If it prevented one death they wanted to do it at any cost. So now that we can leverage vaccines as a carrot we are going to put these other issues back into the collective decision making conscience? Doesn't surprise me one bit, the political class has used every tool in their arsenal to force what they think is the best for the people they rule over.
The carrot moves often. Was reading about the Guam restricted segment. Guam has an 80% vaccinated rate and is still having issues with the local paper stating that 40% of their hospitalizations being vaccinated people.

Here on the mainland there is a theoretical 70% herd immunity campaign.. in Guam that did not happen so now the governor is threatening to lock it all down again. They’ve already instituted jabbed only activities like in person eating and bars..etc. The schools are shut down only doing online learning. It’s a moving goal post. No way to score a win.
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Old 09-04-2021, 06:58 PM
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What destination required children to be jabbed? I haven’t heard of any places requiring children to be jabbed for entry
Europe.......
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Old 09-04-2021, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
We vaccinated ours so we could go on a family vacation. And they're getting the flu shot this fall. As far as I can tell they don't seem abused.
Gee Rick, I believe you live in California, n’est-ce-pas?



Out of 4 and a quarter MILLION diagnosed cases (and you know darn well a lot of asymptomatic cases were completely missed) the 22.5% of CA residents under 18 had 33 deaths ASSOCIATED (not even necessarily caused by) WITH COVID out of a total 65,585 deaths ASSOCIATED with COVID. By comparison, California annually loses 35 kids five and under from drowning in swimming pools .

The entire youngest half of the population only suffered about 1200 of 65,585 deaths.

Now I’m not anti-vax at all and in fact just got my flu shot for this year (walgren’s has them available) but one can readily understand that vaccinating the kids has a much lower risk/reward ratio than….well, than ANYBODY else. It begs the question of if immunizations for that age group are truly for the sake of the kids at all, because the risk isn’t there. So is this push to speed up immunization approval for those under 12 really for the kids?
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Old 09-05-2021, 04:36 AM
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So is this push to speed up immunization approval for those under 12 really for the kids?
Nope.

I’ll vaccinate my two children under 12 as soon as its available, but I’m not writing breathless op-eds in the NYT demanding them RIGHT NOW either as if they have the same statistical clinical risks as 70+ year olds (yes, this past week had a couple of those).
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Old 09-05-2021, 07:17 AM
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Someone brought up an interesting point is the COVID shot really a vaccine in the traditional sense or more like the yearly flu shot? Vaccines have traditionally given you mostly immunity from the disease not lessened the sickness. I mean you usually don’t say or refer to getting the flu, tetanus vaccine but shot.
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Old 09-05-2021, 08:51 AM
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Someone brought up an interesting point is the COVID shot really a vaccine in the traditional sense or more like the yearly flu shot? Vaccines have traditionally given you mostly immunity from the disease not lessened the sickness. I mean you usually don’t say or refer to getting the flu, tetanus vaccine but shot.
It absolutely is not a vaccine, but rather a therapeutic boost of neutralizing antibodies. The Pfizer CEO says three shots per year, but the engineering data says only two per year.
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Old 09-05-2021, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
We vaccinated ours so we could go on a family vacation. And they're getting the flu shot this fall. As far as I can tell they don't seem abused.
Vaccinated or not, we have decided not to go anywhere or patronize any business where we have to "show our papers" like it's a Moscow train station in 1979. The water is nearly to a boil.
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Old 09-05-2021, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
Or they can be vaccinated for their own benefit...

To allow them to participate in school, sports, etc and allow their parents to work and feed them instead of staying home providing daycare.

Like anything else there's a tradeoff between the risks of vaccination vs. covid or social isolation. Vaccine risks are exceptionally low and the delat variant is affecting young people more.

It is appropriate for the gov to go slow with kids, since the adult trial results do not automatically in all cases translate to child biology.
Typically "for their own benefit" implies medical reasoning and not being allowed to do the things they were once allowed to do and now not allowed to do.
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Old 09-05-2021, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyfalcons View Post
Typically "for their own benefit" implies medical reasoning and not being allowed to do the things they were once allowed to do and now not allowed to do.
Social isolation and mental/developmental issues have been very clearly observed in school age children during the lockdowns. Plenty of info available on that.
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Old 09-05-2021, 09:29 AM
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Vaccinated or not, we have decided not to go anywhere or patronize any business where we have to "show our papers" like it's a Moscow train station in 1979. The water is nearly to a boil.
You are of course perfectly entitled to do that (and vice versa).

Personally I don't care either way. Individuals can make their own choices, and businesses/organizations can make theirs as well. It will all shake out in the end.
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