klugeryid, thanks, you presented a logical argument that I can follow. I would still be interested in a source of the facts you claim, but can reply regardless
>> But it doesn’t prevent you from getting covid ??
Vaccines reduce rate of infection and transmission, just not to the same degree as hospitalization
Most clusters seem to be based on an unvaxxed person to a group of vaxxed and not much after that. I did not hear about big vaxxed clusters (other than a case of Provincetown where thousands of people packed into bars for several days)
>> they can infect grandma.
absolutely true. again, vaccine reduces a chance of this happening and reduces amount of transmitted virus giving grandma a chance to survive. I think anyone who is in regular contact with older people should be up on their vaxes and boosters, including kids. Among many Talmidei Chachamim who passed from Covid, I was particular struck by petirah of R Dr Twersky. He has medical background, so we can presume that he understood the danger, but he was in a wheelchair and at mercy of people around him. I saw the video of the funeral … sad.
>> Kids: it might be dangerous for them, and kids are basically safe from covid
If your kids are in an institution with lots of people, bad ventilation, and uncareful community, your kid has a high chance of getting COVID. Then, the question is – what is more risk in a long term: a novel vaccine or a novel virus. Vaccine was at least designed by people who love life and tested as much as possible, while virus came either from a bat or from military scientists. Also, vaccine generates mostly a “fake” response, while virus actually destroys internal organs.
If your kids are not exposed to the virus, then it is a different issue. I would also test kids for antibodies before giving vaccine.