Children who get Covid shot are infectious for same amount of time as non-vaccinated, study finds

[Amity Island]

The researchers studied their level of viral shedding, the number of virus particles that a child emits through coughing, sneezing, or talking that are then spread throughout the environment.

Every child tested positive for the Covid-19 Omicron variant. Of the 76 children, including 41 seven to 12-year-olds, 52 were vaccinated.

Children who had been vaccinated were infectious for three days, the same duration as children who were not vaccinated.

Vaccinated kids just as likely to catch Covid and stay infectious

The importance of booster shots for kids may be overblown, California researchers say. Kids who got a booster were infectious for three days, the same duration as children who did not.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Back in March 2023 The World Health Organization confirmed what we already knew, that healthy children and adolescents don't need a shot.

WHO says healthy kids and teens don't need Covid vaccinations

In guidance released yesterday, the WHO said the benefit of vaccinating healthy children is 'much lower than the established benefits of traditional essential vaccines for children' like measles.

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[Bruce Stephens]

Back in March 2023 The World Health Organization confirmed what we already knew, that healthy children and adolescents don't need a shot.

The story says "may not". That they should be a low priority, which makes sense. Things like MMR and the HPV vaccine are much more important. (And really, why are we still not vaccinating against Chicken Pox?)

Children are still dying from it. Just in very small numbers, but these are largely vaccine-preventable deaths so it feels wrong to me. On the other hand the vaccines aren't cheap so maybe it's fine (you'd need to vaccinate a lot of children to prevent each death). I still worry more about the long term issues: it's known that this virus can cause long term harms of various kinds which can be reduced with vaccination, and we're denying that protection to children and actively encouraging them to be infected.

Which is a bizarre public health policy, though I suppose it's one we also follow with Chicken Pox (part of why we don't vaccinate children is so that older people will still have some exposure to it).

 

[Amity Island]

Children are still dying from it. Just in very small numbers, but these are largely vaccine-preventable deaths so it feels wrong to me. On the other hand the vaccines aren't cheap so maybe it's fine (you'd need to vaccinate a lot of children to prevent each death). I still worry more about the long term issues: it's known that this virus can cause long term harms of various kinds which can be reduced with vaccination, and we're denying that protection to children and actively encouraging them to be infected.

Lets not forget naturally acquired immunity (like just about everyone seemed to do during the pandemic), if we ignore natural immunity then we ignore vaccines too. Also lets not forget innate prior cross protection from things like common colds too. They should all be part of the strategy to deal with viruses etc.

Many kids (and adults) caught covid in the 2020, and as a result, will have good long term naturally acquired immunity (cheaper than a vaccine too).

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/t-cells-from-common-colds-can-provide-protection-against-covid-19-study.97894/#post-1138081

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/oxford-university-study-prior-immunity-to-covid19-from-past-seasonal-coronaviruses.88083/#post-990287

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/nature-leads-the-way-on-covid.104875/

Past Covid infection as protective as vaccination against severe illness and death, study finds

The immunity generated from an infection was found to be “at least as high, if not higher” than that provided by two doses of an mRNA vaccine.

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[Abiha123]

The researchers studied their level of viral shedding, the number of virus particles that a child emits through coughing, sneezing, or talking that are then spread throughout the environment.

Every child tested positive for the Covid-19 Omicron variant. Of the 76 children, including 41 seven to 12-year-olds, 52 were vaccinated.

Children who had been vaccinated were infectious for three days, the same duration as children who were not vaccinated.

Vaccinated kids just as likely to catch Covid and stay infectious

The importance of booster shots for kids may be overblown, California researchers say. Kids who got a booster were infectious for three days, the same duration as children who did not.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Back in March 2023 The World Health Organization confirmed what we already knew, that healthy children and adolescents don't need a shot.

WHO says healthy kids and teens don't need Covid vaccinations

In guidance released yesterday, the WHO said the benefit of vaccinating healthy children is 'much lower than the established benefits of traditional essential vaccines for children' like measles.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A study reveals that children who receive the Covid vaccine remain infectious for a similar duration as non-vaccinated individuals. This suggests that while vaccination reduces the severity of illness, it may not impact the period during which individuals can transmit the virus. Further research is needed for a comprehensive understanding.