[Auracle]

In healthy children the chances of any of that happening are effectively 0, and while vaccine injuries and significant side effects are rare in their case it might actually be more likely. That’s why very few countries other than the US ever vaccinated healthy children, especially post-pandemic.

Almost literally everyone has and will continue to get COVID at this point. Not vaccinating your child, or all of the children in the US, won’t prevent that. I don’t know a single person that hasn’t had it, vaccinated or not. So, your child gets the vaccine. They’re then, what, maybe 50% less likely to get COVID for 6 months? Not exactly moving the needle as far as community transmission goes. This isn’t 2021 anymore.

If we had a better, longer lasting vaccine you might have an argument. Very, very few parents are going to do the COVID vaccine for their child every year. At the very least you’re risking them picking up something more serious just by going to a clinic or pharmacy to get it.

[sfn42]

I don't know that I've had covid. My SO had it twice during the pandemic and i was testing myself daily but never tested positive. I like to joke that I'm immune. Of course I also had the vaccine but I understand that I should still get the disease, just less severe.

Anyway I haven't tested since the pandemic so I wouldn't have known if I'd had it afterwards.

[rkomorn]

Did you do self-tests?

I've been exposed three times (twice by my SO) and only tested positive once, but I had symptoms both other times as well.

All my tests for those were done at home and I wouldn't take "I did it wrong" out of my equation.

[sfn42]

Yeah, did self-tests and have thought the same. I definitely followed the instructions and my SO is a nurse so she knew how to do it, but who knows. I also had some very mild symptoms at least one of the times.

Could be something like our viral load wasn't high enough to register on the test, maybe our immune systems just dealt well with covid.

[Auracle]

Some people are far more likely to clear it so quickly they don't test positive: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jun/immune-response-study-ex...

Judging by how badly I got COVID (twice) and how I tend to get every single cold my daughters bring back home, I'm pretty sure that gene is running in reverse for me.

[arjie]

Considering the response to the subject this is probably a bit risky, but I also like to joke that I'm immune.

Except I like to claim it's because of an intentional approach

https://wiki.roshangeorge.dev/w/Low_Dose,_Frequent_Exposure

Not very likely, but amusing nonetheless.

[gverrilla]

you were testing daily???

[sfn42]

While my partner was sick, not every day of the pandemic. So every day for about ~two weeks.

Also tested whenever I felt unwell during the pandemic.