Are you vaccinating your young child against covid ?

No one does. It just shows it relevant. I genuinely dislike the zombie thread army! It’s so annoying.

Because if a thread comes up in active I assume it is just that

Didn’t look at the date

"When people respond ‘No no no’ or ‘absolutely not’ with no further explanation, can I ask why? Is it because you believe it will cause harm?"

For me the whole premise of a vaccination is that it actually needs to provide a real benefit to the recipient otherwise why have it?

Yes children can get Covid but statistically they are at massively low risk. Equally children can get adverse reactions to the Covid jab (along with everyone else). So whilst I don't think that the Covid jab is sinister in any way, I do believe that the risk / benefit of the jab makes it not worthwhile in children.

Conversely I am genuinely shocked by the number of people that don't get their children vaccinated against chickenpox which is a real danger to children and where there is a clear benefit to having the vaccine.

Zombie thread!

Absolutely not!

Why are you commenting on a 2 year old thread? What’s the point of that?

What is the point of vaccinating if it doesn’t prevent

I know that it is meant to lessen the effects of the illness, but at this stage the only people I know who have had Covid recently are those that are vaccinated

I've not vaccinated 6 year old. We are all triple jabbed but part of me feels like goes he need it now we are managing covid in society. Are all children being offered it? (Uk) Do children need it to travel abroad?

Nope. No thank you. After the reaction I have had to the vaccine that I will I’ve with forever now; why would I risk my children when COVID is negligible to them. My children are also not going to be used as a means to protect others.

DS1 (14) has had his first at and is waiting on his second. DS2 (8) has had 2.

They were both very vocal about wanting to be vaccinated and I was in total agreement.

I don't think we would have vaccinated our kids if we hadn't been struck down by covid in September 2021. It was horrific for us (most me and my DD) and we had been told covid would be milder with vaccination next time around.

I don't think this is an easy choice for parents to make. Especially when most children have asymptomatic covid.

No. None of mine have had it, between 4 and 14.

The vaccine doesn't prevent infection so the choice isn't 'vaccine or covid' - it's either vaccine AND covid or 'just' Covid.

For mine, I chose 'just' Covid. Dc1 and 2 have had it once and Dc3 has had it twice. All very mild, and for ds2's second lot he was totally asymptomatic.

Both of my kids have been vaccinated. Just as me and DH have. I have two medical conditions and after being extremely ill with covid and after it I'd rather do all I can to avoid that again.... and I caught it from my DS! 🙄

My 9 year old DD decided got herself that she wanted the jab and do she got it a couple of days ago. Her decision, easy peasy

My 5 and 7 year old had their first vaccine in the Easter holidays. My dad has had cancer treatment in the last year and is waiting on surgery. He is still very concerned about covid. They had no side effects beyond a slightly sore arm.

Yes.

Dd is 8 and has had her first one. Second is due now but due to various prebooked events it has been delayed a couple of weeks.

She is immunosuppressed. She had a relatively mild dose of covid just before Christmas 2021. However, whilst her traditional symotoms were mild, the fatigue lasted for over 6 weeks. She struggled to "bounce back" and was lethargic and not her usual self for a while.

3 days of a sore arm is worth protecting her from any more severe symptoms quite frankly.

Been wondering about this too. I encouraged my young teen to take the vaccine as I think it’s more worthwhile for him. But his younger siblings aged 10 and 8 both had covid so mildly that I can’t see why they should be vaccinated. I’m certainly not doing it for herd immunity, I think the young have already done enough by missing enormous chunks of their education. And I feel that a natural infection will boost their immunity.

myself I am triple vaccinated and was eager to do so.

just remain very unconvinced it’s in the children’s interests

I'm not enthused about a vaccine that makes you feel more ill than the illness. My Covid at Christmas was just a sore throat. 2 weeks earlier, the booster had me in bed for a day, albeit not quite as bad as round 1 which had me close to fainting

This is my experience too. Vaccine 1 put me in bed for 2 days, shivering and shaking. Booster the same, plus suddenly, my 62 year old body decided to have periods. Covid in late March was a fucking breeze... sore throat in the mornings only.

I’m not sure about my 5 year old 🤔 both me and DH are triple jabbed, teens are double jabbed. We have all since had covid (apart from DS14), I don’t know if it’s needed?

While we don't have figures for long covid and/or long-lasting other aftereffects like vascular degeneration, hell yes vaccinate all the way. It reduces the chances of getting a bad case of covid, which we know does reduce the chances of long lasting effects.

If I had boys I would probably vaccinate them but I'm concerned about the effects of RNA vaccines on female hormones and therefore for young girls I am currently in the "wait for more evidence" camp.

There’s going to be another wave, maybe another variant come winter. Why wouldn’t you want to get a head start?

The benefits barely exist so even if the risk of lasting (inc currently unknown) side effects is low, it still doesn’t seem worth taking. Even making them feel a bit poorly for a day doesn’t seem worth it.

Already done. No side effects apart from a sore arm the next day. She is 6.

I don't see any point