Early in the pandemic someone wrote an article reminding us of how families used to have “measles parties” for kids to be sure they all got it as children, when it is minor. The idea is to develop immunity while safe rather than risk getting it as an adult when it is far more dangerous. Good to see common sense like this making a comeback.
you might want to rethink the concept of measles parties. Besides causing fetal death and birth defects in the unborn of exposed mothers, and serious disease in exposed elderly:
1 in 4 people who get measles end up hospitalized.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/why-measles-parties-are-a-bad-idea-for-parents/
“The risk of measles causing encephalitis, an inflammation of the coverings around the brain, is one in 2,000 children...
Children under the age of one are much more at risk from a complication of measles called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis....chronically infecting the brain. Your child will recover from the initial measles infection, but about seven years later will gradually become unwell and finally die.”
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/jul/26/healthandwellbeing.health
chicken pox parties used to be a thing, too. Those children, now older adults, have a high probability of developing shingles
Moral of the story is, just like measles or pox back then, we don’t know long-term effects of CV - on adults or children. We do know that CV affects people differently; for some it’s a bad cold and for others it’s bone-crunching pain and long covid. We also know that the latest variants are highly contagious putting those who refuse vaccination and those for whom the vaccine doesn’t work very well at high risk. The goal should be to not get covid and barring that, to not be involved in situations where you’re intentionally spreading it.