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My next big question is: who is going to have their children vaccinated? My daughter will be getting her shot(s) the moment she's eligible. Found out today that both of my sisters have no intention of having their kids vaccinated. This bothers me.
We've avoided family gatherings for over a year now, and while we do visit some of them in very small groups, I'm at the point where I'm okay with continuing this trend for now. Certainly makes for more peaceful holidays.
We've avoided family gatherings for over a year now, and while we do visit some of them in very small groups, I'm at the point where I'm okay with continuing this trend for now. Certainly makes for more peaceful holidays.
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Aside from 100% wfh, my life is basically back to normal starting this weekend. Big outdoor event tomorrow, lunch at a restaurant with my dad on sunday and friends coming over to my house to play music sunday night.
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we will when approved. they're 6 and 8 so we're stuck in purgatory for a while. the kids are a real gating item to get back to normal. we can't go to indoor spaces or just be completely whatevs about who comes into our house without a mask until they get the shot.My next big question is: who is going to have their children vaccinated? My daughter will be getting her shot(s) the moment she's eligible. Found out today that both of my sisters have no intention of having their kids vaccinated. This bothers me.
We've avoided family gatherings for over a year now, and while we do visit some of them in very small groups, I'm at the point where I'm okay with continuing this trend for now. Certainly makes for more peaceful holidays.
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Yeah, and I'd rather just avoid drama by asking the one person that refuses to get vaccinated to wear a mask, so we just hang back. Sucks, but whatever.we will when approved. they're 6 and 8 so we're stuck in purgatory for a while. the kids are a real gating item to get back to normal. we can't go to indoor spaces or just be completely whatevs about who comes into our house without a mask until they get the shot.My next big question is: who is going to have their children vaccinated? My daughter will be getting her shot(s) the moment she's eligible. Found out today that both of my sisters have no intention of having their kids vaccinated. This bothers me.
We've avoided family gatherings for over a year now, and while we do visit some of them in very small groups, I'm at the point where I'm okay with continuing this trend for now. Certainly makes for more peaceful holidays.
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I have not thought about when it'll be appropriate to vaccinate the kids.
We're still in this land of kids don't spread it as well as adults and aren't as effected by it, so we'll probably be later adopters than we were with ourselves. If they were teenagers I'd probably be pushing for it, but at 7 & 9 I'm not in a rush.
We're still in this land of kids don't spread it as well as adults and aren't as effected by it, so we'll probably be later adopters than we were with ourselves. If they were teenagers I'd probably be pushing for it, but at 7 & 9 I'm not in a rush.
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Our 2 year old will get it soon as approval is given. We gather with family now (immediate), but we'll do it because he's at daycare where there has been a couple teacher outbreaks already. For all we know, he had it and was asymptomatic.My next big question is: who is going to have their children vaccinated? My daughter will be getting her shot(s) the moment she's eligible. Found out today that both of my sisters have no intention of having their kids vaccinated. This bothers me.
We've avoided family gatherings for over a year now, and while we do visit some of them in very small groups, I'm at the point where I'm okay with continuing this trend for now. Certainly makes for more peaceful holidays.
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I think this has been disproven.Source of the post We're still in this land of kids don't spread it as well
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases ... k-and-kidsMost children who become infected with the COVID-19 virus have no symptoms, or they have milder symptoms such as low-grade fever, fatigue, and cough. Early studies suggested that children do not contribute much to the spread of coronavirus. But more recent studies raise concerns that children could be capable of spreading the infection.
Though the recent studies varied in their methods, their findings were similar: infected children had as much, or more, coronavirus in their upper respiratory tracts as infected adults.
But yeah, generally kids do not experience severe symptoms.
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I'm in this court. Most likely our kids will get it, but when is the question. If data shows we need all humans to be vaccinated to eradicate this thing, or if kids are the reason for new mutations, they'll be next in line.I have not thought about when it'll be appropriate to vaccinate the kids.
We're still in this land of kids don't spread it as well as adults and aren't as effected by it, so we'll probably be later adopters than we were with ourselves. If they were teenagers I'd probably be pushing for it, but at 7 & 9 I'm not in a rush.
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Less symptoms = less spread. Children = less symptoms. Children = less spread. #trustthescienceI think this has been disproven.Source of the post We're still in this land of kids don't spread it as well
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases ... k-and-kidsMost children who become infected with the COVID-19 virus have no symptoms, or they have milder symptoms such as low-grade fever, fatigue, and cough. Early studies suggested that children do not contribute much to the spread of coronavirus. But more recent studies raise concerns that children could be capable of spreading the infection.
Though the recent studies varied in their methods, their findings were similar: infected children had as much, or more, coronavirus in their upper respiratory tracts as infected adults.
But yeah, generally kids do not experience severe symptoms.
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I'm probably just being overprotective, but we went through a lot to have our daughter, and I'm going to do anything necessary to make sure that she's protected.
Our daughter spent three days at DuPont when she was 1 due to RSV...some of the scariest days of my life. I do not want to **** with anything that can cause long-term lung damage.
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Yeah it seems like that was the original thinking, however, studies have shown that they have the same level of infection as adults and thus could spread it just as easily. I'm trying to trust the science! Science is hard.Less symptoms = less spread. Children = less symptoms. Children = less spread. #trustthescienceI think this has been disproven.Source of the post We're still in this land of kids don't spread it as well
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases ... k-and-kidsMost children who become infected with the COVID-19 virus have no symptoms, or they have milder symptoms such as low-grade fever, fatigue, and cough. Early studies suggested that children do not contribute much to the spread of coronavirus. But more recent studies raise concerns that children could be capable of spreading the infection.
Though the recent studies varied in their methods, their findings were similar: infected children had as much, or more, coronavirus in their upper respiratory tracts as infected adults.
But yeah, generally kids do not experience severe symptoms.
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No, the original thinking was asymptomatic means no spread.Yeah it seems like that was the original thinking, however, studies have shown that they have the same level of infection as adults and thus could spread it just as easily. I'm trying to trust the science! Science is hard.Less symptoms = less spread. Children = less symptoms. Children = less spread. #trustthescienceI think this has been disproven.Source of the post We're still in this land of kids don't spread it as well
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases ... k-and-kidsMost children who become infected with the COVID-19 virus have no symptoms, or they have milder symptoms such as low-grade fever, fatigue, and cough. Early studies suggested that children do not contribute much to the spread of coronavirus. But more recent studies raise concerns that children could be capable of spreading the infection.
Though the recent studies varied in their methods, their findings were similar: infected children had as much, or more, coronavirus in their upper respiratory tracts as infected adults.
But yeah, generally kids do not experience severe symptoms.
It's less, not no. It's intuitive - spread via respiratory droplets which there are more of if you have more symptoms.
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Maybe. It seems that schools and children were a large source of spread in Michigan due to the new variant. I wonder if we didn't see much spread amongst children because the majority of the schools were closed or in hybrid model. Now that we're opening up more, kids are playing a role in the spread.
https://abc7news.com/covid-chidlren-var ... /10486843/
https://abc7news.com/covid-chidlren-var ... /10486843/
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Anecdotally, our kid has been hanging all over us. Spreading germs via close contact, laughing, etc. My wife was tested yesterday and she's negative.I think this has been disproven.Source of the post We're still in this land of kids don't spread it as well
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases ... k-and-kidsMost children who become infected with the COVID-19 virus have no symptoms, or they have milder symptoms such as low-grade fever, fatigue, and cough. Early studies suggested that children do not contribute much to the spread of coronavirus. But more recent studies raise concerns that children could be capable of spreading the infection.
Though the recent studies varied in their methods, their findings were similar: infected children had as much, or more, coronavirus in their upper respiratory tracts as infected adults.
But yeah, generally kids do not experience severe symptoms.
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GOOD NEWS!Source of the post Anecdotally, our kid has been hanging all over us. Spreading germs via close contact, laughing, etc. My wife was tested yesterday and she's negative.
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I can safely say, I roughhouse with my kid, tickle-fight with him, get pretty close contact with him most of the time. I don't even really have any fears of it knowing I'm vacced. Nothing has changed, outside of just keeping him at home.
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Well, I probably would have acted differently if this was at the start of the pandemic. The doctor was telling us to stick to one parent, stay in separate part of the house.I wouldn't expect any parent to stop closely interacting with their kids. That'd be ridiculous.
Just stuff that's not possible at all.
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Oh my bad I misunderstood. I forgot you were waiting on results too. I can understand the doctor's POV. It'd be horrible if both of you were sick and unable to properly care for the kid. But yeah, that seems next to impossible.Well, I probably would have acted differently if this was at the start of the pandemic. The doctor was telling us to stick to one parent, stay in separate part of the house.I wouldn't expect any parent to stop closely interacting with their kids. That'd be ridiculous.
Just stuff that's not possible at all.
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Let me go ahead and do that with a 2.5 year old, oh, and let me or my wife take a week off to do it. Ya no.Oh my bad I misunderstood. I forgot you were waiting on results too. I can understand the doctor's POV. It'd be horrible if both of you were sick and unable to properly care for the kid. But yeah, that seems next to impossible.Well, I probably would have acted differently if this was at the start of the pandemic. The doctor was telling us to stick to one parent, stay in separate part of the house.I wouldn't expect any parent to stop closely interacting with their kids. That'd be ridiculous.
Just stuff that's not possible at all.
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my last neighbor was a physician who was on COVID duty at his hospital. his wife has MS. he slept in the basement and he had no indoor contact with his kids for months, until he changed rotations. he didn't even hug them or get close to them when they played outside, and would sit on the front porch and have conversations with his wife through the storm door.
we moved in Nov, so i don't know what the future holds, but we witnessed the lifeforce just getting sucked out of that family every day.
we moved in Nov, so i don't know what the future holds, but we witnessed the lifeforce just getting sucked out of that family every day.
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I would hope you would feel the same way if she was an "accident".I'm probably just being overprotective, but we went through a lot to have our daughter, and I'm going to do anything necessary to make sure that she's protected.
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