Thread by @nytopinion

Soon, virtually all adults who want to get vaccinated will have been able to get a shot. But children will need to wait longer.

What does that mean for family activities, vacations and daily life? @DLeonhardt takes a look at the risks and options. 
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There is no risk-free option available to parents in the coming months.

Children cannot be vaccinated yet. Yet keeping them at home — away from their friends, activities, schools and extended family — can harm them, as multiple studies have suggested. nyti.ms/2QMcwr9

Covid-19 has killed about 16 times more Americans than the flu would in a typical year. nyti.ms/2QMcwr9

Covid’s effect on children has been fundamentally different from its effect on adults. For children, Covid looks much more like the kind of risk that society has long tolerated, without upending daily life. nyti.ms/2QMcwr9

Of course, many parents aren’t worried only about death or hospitalization with Covid-19. They are also anxious about chronic long-term effects, like potential neurological or cardiac damage. nyti.ms/2QMcwr9

Children "are much less likely than adults to contract virtually every worrisome version or symptom of the disease," notes @DLeonhardt. "So what should your family do once the adults in it are vaccinated?"

He helps you consider the options. nyti.ms/2QMcwr9

Children "are much less likely than adults to contract virtually every worrisome version or symptom of the disease," notes @DLeonhardt. "So what should your family do once the adults in it are vaccinated?"

He helps you consider the options. nyti.ms/2QMcwr9