Covid hit hard shaking out the whole world. At the point when people felt like they were starting to get a hang of it a new and dangerous variant emerged and was first seen in India. It took more people than the previous variants had, spreading even faster. The sereneness that comes with the variant is alarming and keeps everybody at their toes. Children being they have high immunity levels compared to adults were also shaken by the new variant (PL, N. 2021).  Being that they have not been vaccinated are at high risk. The World Health Organization has research undergoing to see the effects the new variant has on kids as they still try to get a vaccine that will be effective to them. This variant does not specifically target the young ones. Even though the Delta variant is still spreading fast and the children are at risk as well as anyone else.

People ought to get vaccinated to protect their children, ensuring that they don’t expose them and their children to unvaccinated people. Since even the vaccinated people are at risk the initial measures advised by the health practitioners should not be abandoned. Especially for the children wearing masks and keeping social distance should be maintained. They should sanitize as much as possible to be in a safe zone from the new variant (PL, N. 2021).   

Children are the future of the world and exposing them to a killer puts the future at risk. With this variant not sparing anyone everybody should ensure safety for themselves and the people near them. Following the increase in number the variant has brought with it makes it known that the world is not even closer to being saved and a lot of care and precautions should be taken.     

Reference:

PL, N. (2021). Kids and COVID: why young immune systems are still on top. Nature, 597.