We’re oh so fortunate that children have relatively low risk from COVID-19 infection compared to adults. It’s true that the percentage of severe disease, hospitalization, and death increase with age. You can know this and also want to protect your children from being exposed. Children are always the population we hope to protect from harm the most and this situation is no different.
With a viral infection comes uncertainty.
- Uncertain short-term outcomes
- Uncertain disruptions in their schooling and social lives
- Uncertain long-term effects
Until all ages have access to vaccination, it’s important to do what we can to keep them safe.
So, you can be here. You can want to protect your kids from infection even if you know it is generally less severe for them.