Many have been doing [frustrated] outreach to un/under-vaccinated elderly relatives. But let me flag. It's a good time to urge parents you know to vaccinate their eligible kids. Not too late. Even one dose will confer some protection, and dampen transmission chains as well.
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I'm going to repeat: if you have parents in your life that have been shrugging vaccinating their eligible children, it's a good time for outreach. "Most kids will be fine" isn't enough when it's your kid—even a single dose is better than none, and a layer of protection for kids.
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The reason kids don’t die more of so many other diseases is because we vaccinate against them. Yes “most” kids will be all right with many viral diseases, but some will not be. “Low risk for kids” is not a reason not to vaccinate them. We don’t want a fair fight with viruses.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1471329726304292867 …
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I read a lot of history, and also study some terrible current things, but even as I'm inured to so much awfulness, I'm always struck by all the child deaths in historical biographies. Vaccines, antibiotics, nutrition and sanitation... Nudge your friends. Even if one dose.
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To be fair, there‘s been a lot of public health messaging saying COVID is mild for very young kids and (less so) that we shouldn‘t worry about the vaccine delays and lack of urgency around them.
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My 4 y.o. got RSV @ (mostly unmasked except teachers) preschool in Dec, gave it to 6 yo bro in (masked) kinder. Ended up in ER with him at midnight on Xmas for breathing tx (epinephrine nebulizer and steroids)
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I think there are millions of RSV cases in children each year + hospitalizations/death?https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/research/us-surveillance.html …
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