Would you get your kids vaccinated against COVID?

Researchers have suggested that it’s actually safer for a child to undergo natural immunity without symptoms than to opt for vaccination.

Mark Richardson86 said:It’s because they actually trust science and modern medicine... and because those side effects people obsess over are either non-existent or totally trivial... it's the same old story where people like you try to use fear as a weapon, acting all hypocritical when you realize they’re simultaneously being given a whole cocktail of other medications and treatments that carry identical, if not worse, risks. They’re smart enough to know this isn't just about their own kid sitting in a doctor's office in Chicago... we aren't talking about you or your individual child here... I’ll say it one more time for the folks in the back... this is a numbers game. It's about how a virus spreads through massive populations in a tiny window of time... vaccination is prevention... pure and simple prevention... it's what you might call "controlled immunity spreading."

We are surrounded by immunocompromised people. We’re trying to protect them too. Some family members can't get vaccinated at all. Refusing to get the shot would be irresponsible toward them. Honestly? It would be dangerous.

bluerider63 said:Look, if you’re actually keeping up with the science, you’d know kids aren't even getting hit that hard by this virus. Honestly, if you really want to protect them, just leave them alone and get them away from all this chaos.

You can't just "get them away" from COVID when it's everywhere. I'm not trying to keep my kids locked in an apartment forever. I just hope this "new normal" ends up being more responsible than the old one—or this current mess. Since there’s no escaping the virus, I’m doing what I can to keep us safe. Vaccination is the smartest move here. If enough people get vaccinated, we won't need these restrictive measures anymore—and that’s exactly what we all want.

We must protect our children from this COVID cult—there have been plenty of them throughout history, but none have ever truly lasted.

A COVID cult? 🤦

mellowskipper said:What "new normal"? What even counts as normal anymore? It’s only going to get worse from here...

Things will change. It all depends on how well—or how badly—we handle it.

Every few months, scientists drop some new "groundbreaking" update on COVID, constantly shifting their stance because they aren't even sure what they're doing half the time. Honestly? I’m not vaccinating my kids.

Everything changed so much in the last 18 months. Who knows what kind of nonsense we'll be hearing about in the next 18.

Perhaps they’ll eventually claim children are falling ill due to some entirely new strain of influenza🤷

I have done my part by getting my seasonal shot, but if kids decide to wander around public transit without masks, they can face the consequences themselves; I won't be the one to bail them out.

raven-shield said:...

and there’s even the possibility that the vaccine could trigger some previously undetected, potentially fatal side effects in children.
"Possibility" is a dangerous word to play with.

Whatever. I felt absolutely miserable for about six hours after my second dose, and all I could think about was the "what ifs"—what if the actual virus hit me instead? What if this turns out to be one thing, or maybe another.

Is it just me, or does a test group of maybe 2,000 kids between the ages of 5 and 12 feel way too small to draw any real conclusions from?

Ginger Rogers said:The reality is that the vaccine only uses a tiny fraction of the virus.

Exactly. You’re essentially training your body to react only to that specific fragment—the spike protein—rather than the entire virus itself.

That means if a mutated version of the virus comes along, all it takes is one small change to that specific "fragment" to make all that vaccine protection useless.

Now, this is a simplification, but the bottom line is that the natural immunity gained from actual exposure provides a much more robust defense than what you get from a vaccine.

Susan Martin4 said:Is it just me, or does a test group of maybe 2,000 kids between the ages of 5 and 12 feel way too small to draw any real conclusions from?

That number is practically negligible. I mean, if they had cited 20,000, then sure, we could talk, but this...

Once we hit that 90% vaccination mark for folks over 60, then we can start having a real conversation about vaccinating kids. 😉 Because at the end of the day, it just doesn't make sense to use children as a substitute or a shield for the older generation.

Brian Wells3 said:They're healthy right now, and I want to keep it that way. My priority is shielding them from real dangers, and let's face it—COVID carries much higher risks than any vaccine. When it comes to medicine, I listen to the doctors and the experts—just like I listened to the contractors during my massive kitchen remodel.

Not all doctors are on the same page, though. Look, if you have kids and choose not to vaccinate them, that's your call—but don't try to push that agenda on everyone else.

mellowskipper said:That number is practically negligible. I mean, if they had cited 20,000, then sure, we could talk, but this...

I think there were about 30,000 adults in the group

So yeah, there is zero chance this tiny sample size means anything at all

Apemant said:Right, I just realized I actually agreed with the idea that the vaccine contains the spike protein. 😁

In reality, it provides the instructions for the body to produce a massive amount of that spike protein, which then triggers the development of antibodies against them. My previous point still stands, though: because it is so narrowly targeted, the vaccine is ineffective. 😬

Exactly. With a natural infection, the body develops immunity against various proteins—different antigens—of the virus. This means that if a single protein or its coding RNA mutates, you don't lose your entire immunity to the virus. That is the fundamental difference from an artificial vaccine, which focuses solely on the spike protein. Furthermore, we are born with a massive repertoire of B and T cells specific to antigens we have never even encountered. It is entirely possible that the defense against a new strain already exists within us. Finally, our genome contains numerous genes for antibody production that constantly recombine to create a vast array of random antigen-specific lymphocytes—roughly 3x10^11 of them. Some are pruned during the process due to auto-specificity to ensure they don't mistake our own proteins for threats. Essentially, the human body is prepared at multiple levels to handle most new threats, including new viral strains; it only truly needs to "learn" in exceptional cases. If this weren't the case, and given how viruses constantly mutate, we would face endless pandemics. Even the seasonal flu would become increasingly lethal every single year. Therefore, this constant fear regarding new strains and the desperate search for salvation in vaccines is anything but scientific.

Brian Wells3 said:Things will change. It all depends on how well—or how badly—we handle it.

👍 A decent rebuttal to the "everything is just going to hell" crowd.

It would be helpful to get some actual answers to the question in the title—have you all gotten vaccinated?

I have. I haven't done it for my kid yet; there is no rush. If I started hearing reports that more children were getting sick and that the illness was becoming severe, I’d vaccinate my child immediately.

Susan Martin4 said:Is it just me, or does a test group of maybe 2,000 kids between the ages of 5 and 12 feel way too small to draw any real conclusions from?

Yeah, honestly, both doctors and actual experts would say that's a pretty small sample size. Plus, yeah, there have been side effects reported at that number, mostly in boys.

Then you've got Danhauer, the "high school scientist" on the forum, claiming that's totally false. And hey, just trust the science, right? lol.

Honestly, looking at these poll results is just plain terrifying.
Instead of people feeling relieved or happy that they actually have the choice to vaccinate their children, over 80% of you seem to be pushing back against it.
It feels like we’re dealing with a collective wave of madness here, almost like we've regressed to some medieval mindset—as if we were living under the thumb of the Inquisition, the old USSR, the former UN, or even modern-day South Korea. 🤦
I’d really like to ask the site admins to just lock this thread and wipe these poll results clean. 😁

bluerider63 said:Look, if you’re actually keeping up with the science, you’d know kids aren't even getting hit that hard by this virus. Honestly, if you really want to protect them, just leave them alone and get them away from all this chaos.

I know, I know... you people love to cherry-pick what you hear, always missing the bigger picture and the necessary context... it’s just so incredibly predictable...