Carl D wrote on Jun 23
rd, 2025 at 8:52am:
Aquarius wrote on Jun 23
rd, 2025 at 8:46am:
Kids don't need to get the covid vaccine because Omicron doesn't cause severe illness in young children. And children who are infected with Omicron tend to only get a mild illness anyway so do not need to be hospitalised.
Personally I will not have an mRNA vaccine.
https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1749984214/17#17 Quote:Children without underlying medical conditions continue to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and have severe outcomes. Out of all children with a COVID-19-associated hospitalization between July 2023 and March 2024, 50% had no underlying medical conditions; and, of those, 18% were admitted to the intensive care unit.
This is in the US but it also applies to Australia and everywhere else in the world.
And, mRNA vaccines are safe - despite what the antivaxxers say.
https://www.globalvaccinedatanetwork.org/news/how_mrna_vaccines_are_made_why_the... It is more relevant to observe the Australian statistics rather than the US. They will always have more deaths in winter due to their worse conditions.
Covid Deaths in Australia from 2020 - 2024
Males 0-19 years - 14
Females 0-19 years - 10
It is not recommended that children up to 17 have the vaccine.
https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/covid-19-mortality-australia-deaths-registered-u...Most of the deaths were due to pre existing chronic conditions, and being immunocompromised.
And I am NOT an antivaxxer. However I will not have the flu vaccine because I never get the flu. I had it once when I was 18 and that was the only time. I obviously have an immunity to flu and I have worked through several flu epidemics. That was tough because obviously you cannot get agency staff because you're in lockdown so that meant at times working with a skeleton staff and having to do double shifts. But the last vaccine I had was the whooping cough/diphtheria/tenanus triple vaccine in 2016 because there was an epidemic of whooping cough on the Northern Beaches and I wanted to see my new baby grandson who was too young to be vaccinated. This epidemic was caused by anti-vaxxers refusing to get their infants immunised.
The original covid virus has continued to mutate as viruses do. It is not the same virus and our immune systems are catching up. Whilst we will always remain 2 to 3 steps behind - we're just dealing with another respiratory virus at the moment.
As for the effectiveness of mRNA vaccines - I still prefer the traditional ones that don't need to be stored at -70 Celsius which is colder than Antarctica! The mRNA vaccines have been around since the 60s but never used for humans until Ebola. And as we know, it takes 10.7 years for a vaccine to be developed and then marketed. That is to ensure long-term safety, the technology is proven and that all side-effects are tested.
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