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QuintonFrey t1_itc22yy wrote

Reply to comment by Then_Campaign7264 in A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children's hospitals. Here's what parents need to know | CNN by SovietSunrise

I hate to admit Republicans are right about anything, but broken clock and all that. Admittedly they were right about this, but I don't see what we could have done differently without putting kids at needless risk, so...let's say they were half right.

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Then_Campaign7264 t1_itc7plg wrote

While this immunity gap was anticipated, the risk to both children and adults when Covid was ravaging the world and no vaccines were available for children, it made sense to continue to protect children from all illnesses. It took time for medical researchers to understand how to treat and mitigate Covid. It took time to understand what the long term impact the virus might have on infected individuals of all ages.

The pediatric and adult intensive care units and emergency rooms were overburdened. Medical staff was pushed to their limits. Parents were unable to be with children in hospital. That was not the time to take chances with a child’s health.

What is emerging now is never desirable; but, the chances of recovering from the respiratory viruses that are now impacting children are much greater now than they were when the health care system was dealing with the worst of Covid. Children can now be vaccinated against Covid which should mitigate the health challenges facing pediatric care.

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QuintonFrey t1_itcbwl0 wrote

I agree with this. Love how I'm getting downvoted for saying republicans were potentially half right one time lol.

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Then_Campaign7264 t1_itcd2p0 wrote

I’m assuming that the challenges to your comment have more to do with the importance of not making a complex health care matter a political issue, regardless of party positions.

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QuintonFrey t1_itd15kc wrote

Well, I'm a Democrat for one. I don't see how saying they were right about the immunity issue and then immediately following that with there was nothing else we could have done either way isn't just am objective fact, but eh...I could get hundreds of downvotes for one comment and it's not going to hurt my feelings any, so I say keep em coming.

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Then_Campaign7264 t1_itd4din wrote

The immunity gap is real. But the risks early on far outweighed the need to protect children until vaccines were readily available and administered, overall hospitalizations had declined and schools had put in place new measures to prevent infection. Once that happened, parents felt much safer sending children back to school and daycare, regardless of party affiliation.

Unfortunately republicans were pushing to reopen in person learning and daycare before vaccines, before the health care systems had stabilized and before they school systems had adequate staffing and safety measures. So with regard to timing, they were not right. And that was a very real problem.

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khanfusion t1_itdw9wf wrote

Republicans weren't worried about kids not getting more vaccines, they just had this idea that if kids get sick at school it's a good thing. It was and still is idiotic.

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khanfusion t1_itdw4jh wrote

You didn't really specify what half, and honestly Republicans were and still are making such a mess of everything that giving them any kind of credit where it is clearly undue is an irritating thing to see.

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edgarapplepoe t1_itgpi08 wrote

Esp when we don't know if the rampant covid in children damaged them and they might be more susceptible to these types of infections (esp respiratory ones).

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