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See, in my country there was a sad announcement that there are now more than 100,000 people dead by Covid. Less than 4000 are people under 60 and still my gove
by raxxorrax 5y ago
See, in my country there was a sad announcement that there are now more than 100,000 people dead by Covid.
Less than 4000 are people under 60 and still my government tries to vaccinate kids. Why? It is entirely possible that it can have a negative effect on building real immunity against Covid. The very low death count in lower age brackets would very well warrant to build a control group here.
- Volundr 5y ago> Less than 4000 are people under 60 and still my government tries to vaccinate kids. Why? Well, one assumes children often have contact with older people, and can spread it to them. Plus we don't know that Covid does not have long term impacts in young children. Plus if we ever want to eliminate this disease, it means doing it in children as well.
- raxxorrax 5y agoWe won't eliminate Covid or any Coronavirus with our current vaccines, this is simply a dream not at all supported by evidence. At some point people will have to build immunity and I think there are some people that made good cases that vaccine immunity is reductive because vaccines only include a specific component of the virus towards which immunity is build. We simply don't know enough here, not even how our immune system reacts exactly, it is not a system we completely understand. I don't really think the long covid examples are very convincing as a potential for danger (I also don't think vaccines have long term effects either). Yes, kids could infect elderly people and they should be protected as best as we can. But I don't really see vaccinating kids as feasible. It should only be done when there is a measurable benefit.