Parents: how much does the idea of your kid getting Covid freak you out?

Not at all

The Unkle wrote:

Not at all

You? Get outta here.

runner dad guy wrote:

My three year old got Covid recently. Had a bad cough, fever for a couple days, but it really was similar to a half-dozen other times he’s gotten sick.

He’d played with a friend’s kids a few days before, so I called them, and the parents ABSOLUTELY PANICKED.

Based on the data, I don't see much reason to be overly concerned about Covid in kids. Nobody likes seeing their child in discomfort, but the risk of serious complications is extremely low. Curious how other parents here see things.

Forcing them to take mRNA vaccines are more worrisome. That seems like the bigger overreaction. I think we are going to end up harming kids by trying to over protect them in this case. Some people would permanently mame their children for the temporary ease of a paranoia. We are in a massive OCD driven gray area as a society and it really is much more scary than the virus (which is a little scary, I admit).

I'm more concerned than the flu but, I'm not panicking about it. Just don't want them to have any long term health problems (long covid), but even that is a pretty low risk. About five families on our block (who all have multiple kids) have all gotten it with no problems thankfully.

I'm not a parent, but an older brother to two amazing little sisters entering 2nd grade. It scares the heck out of me if they get it. I live in the DFW area and an article just came out that there are no available staffed ICU beds for kids. I know they will most likely be ok, but the thought that if they got it bad there might not be a bed for them scares me. Also, the possible side effects from Covid like brain fog and loss of taste and smell for extended periods of time just makes me really hope they don't get it.

runner dad guy wrote:

The Unkle wrote:

Not at all

You? Get outta here.

I know.

Opinions that do not conform to the fear mongering narrative trigger you. I get it.

Not at all.

[quote]jackstraw wrote:

I'm more concerned than the flu but, I'm not panicking about it.

No flu again this year in the Southern Hemisphere.

For the second year in a row since Covid began.

Expect the same for us this winter.

There is plenty to worry about with young kids.

Covid ain't one of them

runner dad guy wrote:

My three year old got Covid recently. Had a bad cough, fever for a couple days, but it really was similar to a half-dozen other times he’s gotten sick.

He’d played with a friend’s kids a few days before, so I called them, and the parents ABSOLUTELY PANICKED.

Based on the data, I don't see much reason to be overly concerned about Covid in kids. Nobody likes seeing their child in discomfort, but the risk of serious complications is extremely low. Curious how other parents here see things.

1) I am really sorry that your 3-year-old got COVID. I would be concerned if my children were still too young to be vaccinated.

2) He is LIKELY to be fine, especially since it appears he has at least recovered from the initial illness.

3) The parents of your kid are right to have panicked though. At that point their kid hadn't yet gotten sick and recovered. ALSO (and you should talk to your kid's doctor if you haven't already), there are potential bad long-term side effects of getting COVID...damage to the heart and lungs chief among them. There is also the possibility of mental health issues (this is NOT an extremely low possibility). Not enough data yet to say if a 3-year-old is less likely to have these bad side effects or not. Finally, viruses are very mysterious, and some rear their ugly heads years, even decades later (see Chicken Pox and Shingles). We do not yet know what might happen 20 years down the road for people who were infected.

About the same concern I have of them getting the flu, so not concerned at all. My wife is a pediatric nurse, covid is minor compared to the health problems of kids these days. Parents should take covid way less seriously and RSV way more seriously. Covid shouldn't make your top 10 list of health concerns for kids.

a brother wrote:. Also, the possible side effects from Covid like brain fog and loss of taste and smell for extended periods of time just makes me really hope they don't get it.

Yeah. I never WANTED him to get it, but the cost of avoiding it while waiting for vaccines (basically: schools closed, masks everywhere, no holidays, not doing anything fun or social for two years+) seems really high, which is what a lot of people have chosen. He’d have gone his entire toddler years not experiencing the good parts of life.

Flagpole wrote:

3) The parents of your kid are right to have panicked though. At that point their kid hadn't yet gotten sick and recovered. ALSO (and you should talk to your kid's doctor if you haven't already), there are potential bad long-term side effects of getting COVID...damage to the heart and lungs chief among them. There is also the possibility of mental health issues (this is NOT an extremely low possibility). Not enough data yet to say if a 3-year-old is less likely to have these bad side effects or not. Finally, viruses are very mysterious, and some rear their ugly heads years, even decades later (see Chicken Pox and Shingles). We do not yet know what might happen 20 years down the road for people who were infected.

Great fearmongering.

Well done.

The vaccine may be more dangerous than covid for kids, especially if many booster shots are administered. More booster shots leads to greater chance of blood clotting.

Dr Fauci admitted that naturally acquired immunity is better than the vaccine. I have been trying to get myself and my children infected before it mutates.

retw45 wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

3) The parents of your kid are right to have panicked though. At that point their kid hadn't yet gotten sick and recovered. ALSO (and you should talk to your kid's doctor if you haven't already), there are potential bad long-term side effects of getting COVID...damage to the heart and lungs chief among them. There is also the possibility of mental health issues (this is NOT an extremely low possibility). Not enough data yet to say if a 3-year-old is less likely to have these bad side effects or not. Finally, viruses are very mysterious, and some rear their ugly heads years, even decades later (see Chicken Pox and Shingles). We do not yet know what might happen 20 years down the road for people who were infected.

Great fearmongering.

Well done.

Not fearmongering. Truth. I said above that that his kid will LIKELY be fine. I wouldn't have said that if I just wanted to be a fearmongerer. I don't deal in fearmongering. I only deal in facts.

Slash from Spash wrote:

Dr Fauci admitted that naturally acquired immunity is better than the vaccine. I have been trying to get myself and my children infected before it mutates.

No he did not. He said the opposite. You're wrong.

Steve The Addict^^^^^^^------- wrote:

The vaccine may be more dangerous than covid for kids, especially if many booster shots are administered. More booster shots leads to greater chance of blood clotting.

The vaccines are not yet available for kids under age 12 (and some not under age 18).

Zero. Vaccinated physician with kids partially vaccinated.