Are you willing to get the Covid vaccine when offered?
Being vaccinated doesn't stop one from being a source of transmission and if they really cared about the spread, there would be equal restrictions.
In its nature, this is a bit like arguing that sober people can crash cars too, in response to drunk driving laws.
I 100% get what's going on at the hospital but how much of the population is that? How many in the hospital that are on ventilators are those with underlying issues? I'm guessing most. We hear about all of the deaths but when will anyone say that out of the 800k deaths reported, almost 750k are age 50 and above? The smallest population in this country is responsible for easily most of the deaths. I say all of that to say this. This approach made no sense at all to me and we just want to throw the vaccine out there indiscriminately. We are talking about vaccinating children when majority of them have mild to no symptoms. We lost WAY more children 18 and under to pneumonia than we have COVID but we want to heap this on them? Why?
For those in the medical field, why would focusing on the most vulnerable (those over 50 and those with underlying issues and overweight), monitor how it affected the rest of the population and putting real research into long COVID not work; what would be the advantages or disadvantages? What made vaccination for everyone 5 and up the "better" option?
Sad thing is most will see this and just want to argue or leave clowns (which usually makes me laugh when left without comments, for reasons). These are legitimate questions and concerns. But we live in a "trust the ever changing data and ask questions later" age of COVID.
People with underlying issues - which can include managed conditions like asthma and diabetes - matter.
People over 50 also matter.
When you say the majority of children have mild to no symptoms, you're implicitly acknowledging that a minority of children have severe symptoms. They matter too.
Additionally even children with initially mild symptoms can have long-term problems. Those children also matter.
The people children can pass Covid-19 onto also matter.
Those people also include everyone who isn't 50+ or a child who can also have a severe illness, long-term symptoms, or even die despite not having underlying conditions. You seem to think if they're not a majority they don't matter. They do matter.
And the people who can't get treatment or have critically delayed treatment for non-Covid illnesses or injuries because the healthcare system is overloaded with Covid patients also matter.
And the most focus
is on the most vulnerable (hence their being typically vaccinated first), the rest of the population is monitored, and there is
vast amounts of real research being put into Covid and long Covid. And we also vaccinate as part of all that. Because vaccinations are one of the most powerful and effective tools at our disposal.
You'll get clown responses because if you took a moment to step back and think about it, you might realise your questions and concerns are those of someone who plainly hasn't taken a moment to actually, critically, think about what they're saying.