Recommended when available (before officially available) then by the time we saw him again, both kids had COVID (complete non-events, colds we'd had that year were worse) and it was a soft rec. Was not pushing it at all. Basically said could make it less likely they would get it again soon but good to know they have some immunity and it wasn't meaningful. FWIW - I had discussions about Covid and kids generally with numerous doctors when my son was hospitalized at Texas Children's this fall (random/rare throat infection) when it was absolutely jam packed with sick kids (8 hour ER wait, etc.). It was all flu and RSV. They were seeing some kids test + for Covid in the ER but almost all upper respiratory admissions were flu and RSV and really no COVID per multiple doctors.
Regardless, this thread went off the rails of my original point and I'm not going to have as much time to bicker next couple of days. COVID is really barely on my radar at this point and whether or not people or their kids continue to get boosted is a personal choice, and outside of the high risk population, (who are also backstopped by Paxlovid) I just don't think it will move the needle from a personal or societal standpoint. My concern is that the need/benefit for the shots were oversold in young population and that is having an impact on uptake of the actual necessary/beneficial vaccines. I didn't get a chance to listen to all of that podcast that was posted yesterday but I agree the messaging has been terrible and while the anti-vax messaging is also to blame, I think we're just beginning to see the fallout.