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Originally Posted by coffeebean
This may be an unpopular opinion but here goes..........
OK, children may not "need" the vaccine to protect them but those children need to be vaccinated to contribute to a much needed herd immunity. Our country will never reach herd immunity without vaccinated children. There are adults who can not be vaccinated due to medical reasons and they need the protection of herd immunity.
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LOL The kids don't need the vaccine to "contribute to a much needed herd immunity"
26 million of them have been infected, 439 have died.
Look, kids under 18 represent 22% of US population
Seniors over 65 represent 16% of US population
80% of seniors have been fully vaccinated.
According to CDC, 2331 fully vaccinated seniors over 65 have died from covid.
COVID-19 Breakthrough Case Investigations and Reporting | CDC
US population = 333 million
Seniors = 16% = 53 million x 80% vaccinated = 42 million fully vaccinated seniors
Kids under 18 = 22% = 73 million unvaccinated kids
So, 2331 over 65 fully vaccinated deaths = 0.005% death rate of vaccinated seniors
439 deaths kids under 18 = 0.0006% death rate of unvaccinated kids under 18
Diference between 0.005% vs 0.0006% death rates?
0.0006% kids die = 3 per 500,000 death rate
0.005% vaccinated seniors die = 1 per 20,000 death rate, or 25 per 500,000
So Fully vaccinated seniors are 8.5 times more likely to die from covid than unvaccinated kids.
Better to focus on booster shots for seniors than inject 74 million kids who are rapidly developing natural immunity that is better than vaccinated immunity.