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IronLionZion

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10. Plus teens can be vaccinated

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 06:54 PM

Aug 2021

It's still not approved for young kids.

Anyone who has been around small kids like for holidays or something, know how easily it is to catch colds and flus from them.

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Babies and Toddlers Spread Virus in Homes More Easily Than Teens, Study Finds [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 OP

People spend more close face time with young children. Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #1

As a mother of a teenager, this is very accurate. dewsgirl Aug 2021 #4

"Not a lot of teens want to sit on their caregivers' lap, be carried on their shoulder" BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 #6

True facts! 🤣 ShazzieB Aug 2021 #7

My brother brought chicken pox home to me when I was about 2. Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #9

Not surprised Dopers_Greed Aug 2021 #2

All the more reasons parents and caregivers should be vaxxed. viva la Aug 2021 #3

Is this news? Deminpenn Aug 2021 #5

Yes it is BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 #8

It's not news that when one person in a household gets sick Deminpenn Aug 2021 #14

But how physicians and epidemiologists have characterized the impact of COVID-19 on children BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 #15

Plus teens can be vaccinated IronLionZion Aug 2021 #10

"...that very young children require lots of hands-on care and cannot be isolated when they are sick 3catwoman3 Aug 2021 #11

That was my take as well BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 #12

A daycare in Vaughn, just north of Toronto, luvtheGWN Aug 2021 #13

Even young kids are petri dishes, I spent a year in a classroom with disabled preschoolers Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #16

Yeah I think it has always been common knowledge that kids are incubators BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 #17

I remember that and it's turned out to be a dangerous myth Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #18