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Economically Speaking, Your Unvaccinated Kid is like a Vaccinated Grandparent

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Anthony J Leonardi, MBBS, PhD
May 25, 2023
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The USA faces a great period of labor and goods inflation. Some economists are puzzled, while others have pointed a finger at disability caused by Covid-19 and long covid. The federal reserve is on record mentioning disability by virtue of Long Covid. Either way, the cost of labor has risen.

Inflation has been highest in Labor, with goods trailing behind. Now, we must consider whether this situation is temporary or permanent. Is a lack of participation in the labor market permanent? Well, some parties are already attempting to mitigate it; some may see a permanent shift in adult labor participation.

https://twitter.com/FalconryFinance/status/1634554794894561280

Among those who criticize levels of covid precaution, goes criticism of child labor protections. The message being, business as usual even if it is built on the backs of unvaccinated children. Indeed, we saw rhetoric arguing that unvaccinated children had roughly equivalent rates of harm from Covid to the vaccinated grandparents, therefore behaving as if there were no such pathogen did not present any moral disservice to the children. After all, vaccinated elderly were opting to enjoy themselves, why not make an executive decision to opt little Timmy into a bit of acceptable risk on his behalf?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/go-ahead-plan-family-vacation-your-unvaccinated-kids/618313/

Unfortunately the suspension of disbelief could not last. The fantasy of children impervious to Covid-19 has recently become upset, along with the fantasy of children’s decreasing rate of Long Covid with reinfections.

It turns out, unfortunately, kids do get harmed from Covid for a long period, and the rate is similar for reinfections.

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