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Should the flu be mandatory as well? Flu & Covid have similar risks in children: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/flu-vs-covid19.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/sy
by thesis 5y ago
Should the flu be mandatory as well? Flu & Covid have similar risks in children: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/flu-vs-covid19.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/flu-vs-covid19.htm
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/999241558/in-kids-the-risk-of-covid-19-and-the-flu-are-similar-but-the-risk-perception-isn https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/999241558/in-kids-the-risk-of...
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoThere are a few vaccines I had to have for school when I was younger. What’s the difference?
- adventured 5y agoYou're legally an adult, you have full legal control over your body, you're legally fully responsible for your choices, and you're not in school any longer. You mean other than that?
- the_doctah 5y agoCompare the severity of those viruses in children to Covid. A more apt comparison is Covid to Influenza. You don't need flu shots to attend school.
- acdha 5y agoI think so, but note that the NPR piece you linked to is based on obsolete pre-Delta data in the United States and by all accounts hospitals are seeing more sick kids than they did last year (some combination of known greater virulence and what the CDC classes as probable greater severity). The best argument for treating COVID more seriously is that we have a better understanding of influenza’s long-term effects. In both cases, however, I’d argue that it makes sense to require vaccination simply to reduce the impact on childcare and education: even if dying from the flu is relatively low-risk, it’s stressful and disruptive when it rips through a class and vaccination is quite cheap in comparison.