Tips for traveling with unvaccinated children during the Covid-19 pandemic

When thinking about COVID-19 and unvaccinated children, two types of risk should be considered – both the direct risk for the child and the risk of transmission to others. Children develop severe disease from COVID-19 far less commonly than adults, and they die much less often. COVID-19 has caused nearly 500 deaths in children 17 years of age and younger in the U.S. And some children also suffer from long COVID-19 – the lingering effects of COVID-19 that are still not well understood.