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"Their response to this argument is that children are carriers of covid and vaccinating them is to protect more vulnerable people"

Of the 73 million children in the U.S., fewer than 700 have died of COVID-19 during the course of the pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rauch puts the figure into context using the number of people who can typically fit into a sports venue. "Think about it in terms of football stadiums," Rauch said. "In 100,000 kids, one of them is not going to make it with COVID. Everyone else who walked in is going to walk out." - https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/10/08/covid-19-kids-cases-hospitalizations-deaths/8361479002/

As of November 17, 2021 and using rounded figures, out of 788,000 Covid-assigned deaths, all except 18,000 have been among those 40 years old and higher, with approx. 575,000 being among those 65 years old and higher. Meaning other than the latter class (which I am in) then the the death toll would be approx. 200,000. (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge )

86.2% nationwide of seniors (65+) are fully vaxxed as are 71% of all 18+ persons. (https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/28/960901166/how-is-the-covid-19-vaccination-campaign-going-in-your-state) Case and death rates were equal to or higher across the US this last Fall. (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us) Thus among those in the category which drives the pandemic only about 13% have not been vaccinated, and approx. 30% of all adults, yet cases are rising. The response to which means forcing vaccination on all the young. Yet they are in very minimal risk of dying from Covid, being of more risk of dying in motor accidents. while if vaccination is so effective that infants and on up should be vaxxed, then it should protect the 87% in the high-risk category and most all of the rest (70%) from infection from the unvaxxed, which are at small risk of death, while accomplishing the will of the Left which want to punish the unvaxxed. And one of Biden's COVID taskforce pick says living too long is a loss ("be alive till 75")

However, the elephant in the room being ignored is that a main reason for the vast number of Covid-assigned deaths is that of the overall poor condition of Americans. “For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 4.0 additional conditions or causes per death. (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Comorbidities) Primarily those related to obesity, a preventable condition, and 42% of American are obese and 73% are overweight.

Research shows that people with obesity were more than twice as likely to end up in the hospital and nearly 50 percent more likely to die of COVID-19, with more than 77 percent of 17,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the United States having excess weight or obesity. Also, one study found that 88 percent of deaths due to COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic were in countries where more than half of the population is classified as overweight. In countries where more than 50% of the population was overweight, the COVID-19 death rate was more than 100 per 100,000.

Meanwhile some 42% of U.S. adults reported packing on undesired weight since the start of the pandemic. Which is just one of the negative effects of a "stay sheltered" shutdown response, even of parks, forests and seashores early on, while there is nothing close to a response proportional to that of Covid in incentivizing (if not actually requiring) Americans to be fit and health, as able.