Are you vaccinating your young child against covid ?

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@Strawblue

Its dire so far I think.

Can't see the point. The vaccines never gave me any protection. I was very poorly with covid, whereas my friend who hadn't had any vacines got it very mild.

No, probably not for our 7yo. He had Covid recently so can’t have it until early June anyway but we probably won’t.

DH and I are triple jabbed and DS has had all other childhood vaccinations plus we paid for the meningitis jab that he just missed out on getting, so we aren’t anti-vaxxers.

I’ve spoken to quite a few parents and all have said no. I do wonder what the overall country uptake will end up being for this age group.

All 4 of my children are vaccinated, my eldest is an adult and took himself off. 10 year old is a bad asthmatic not had covid and has been in hospital previously very poorly so he was vaccinated in January and had 2 vaccinations, was fine ho side effects at all. 12 year old has had one as has my 16 year old - took him a while to decide to have it.

I think parents need to make the decision based on the evidence for their own family. Which is what I did, and am happy with that decision.

A big No from me.
I’m fully vaccinated and have had side effects. There’s just no way I could risk my children having the same.
(apart from the fact they have had it already and we didn’t even know without testing them that they had it because they had no symptoms)

It might mean they won’t be able to travel to certain countries for a few years. But eventually the rest of the world will catch up and realise mandatory vaccination for covid is not necessary for those who are not immunocompromised.

It doesn’t reduce transmission, so please don’t call me selfish.

YANBU. My youngest had her first jab recently.

@LyndaLaHughes

I dont worry about the long term effects of covid, no.

Dont worry about long term effects of the vaccine either.

Also my Dad died from covid related complications. So I've tended to err on the side of caution.

Not yet.

I'm very pro vaccination, DD(5) is vaccinated against everything + chickenpox.

I don't want to vaccinate her against Covid until we know more about the l/t effects of the vaccine. When I decided to get vaccinated (x2 + booster) I did so knowing I'm post-pubescent, and I won't be having any more children. She has so much developing to do, I'd rather watch and wait for a while before we decide to have her vaccinated.

She's had Covid (once, that we know of, Delta era) and was completely asymptomatic. She avoided Covid in March this year when DH and I caught it.

For me, I do find it strange people worry about the long term affects of the vaccine but don't worry about the long term affects of covid

Well most people have had covid at least once, and the vaccine doesn't stop you getting anyway.

I think the reason they are vaccinating children is because they've bought a load of vaccine and don't want to waste it. Similar to the reason they were handing out lateral flow tests

Yep, for travel reasons. Both have had the vaccines with no side effects, which replicated our experience.

Your OP isn't clear on what you mean by young child?
My just turned teenager, was up to him at the end of the day.
Not me.
Ditto with older teenager.

Nope. Not youngest DD. (8)

Me and my 3 older DDs (20s) have had it, and it messed up the monthly cycles of all 4 of us.

We have no plans to go abroad anytime soon, and if having DD4 vaccinated remains a condition of going then we wont go until she is a lot older.

No we aren't.
We were vaccinated as where we are there was a great bribe to be vaccinated in exchange for more freedom. So we did it. Kids couldn't be done then. And now there has been a third shit with talks of a fourth. We only had the first about 8 months ago and now they want to bring in number 4? This leads me to be sceptical of its effectiveness and usefulness. So I'm not against it I just don't think it works very well and having boosters every 3 months isn't the answer. We aren't having any further ones ourselves.

I’ve just checked the Uk vaccination schedule for children and Covid isn’t on it . www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/nhs-vaccinations-and-when-to-have-them/
In any case many countries including the USA (afaik) are not requiring Covid vaccine for children. Just the adults.

No way. I haven't had the covid vaccination either. We all had covid and barely noticed it, I will only have vaccinations for serious illnesses.

I won’t be vaccinating my nine year olds.

They have both had covid and it was so mild for them far milder than chicken pox and they’re not vaccinated for that so I don’t see why they need a vaccine for covid. Of course they’re fully vaccinated with their childhood vaccines as I don’t want them getting measles etc which, for them, isn’t comparable to how mild covid was.

Yes, my 6 year old is now fully vaccinated. He has severe learning disabilities and finds even a cold extremely distressing, he also reacts unpredictability to viruses, sometimes needing hospital treatment. He had absolutely no side effects from the jabs and I feel some peace of mind knowing he's hopefully protected from the worst symptoms.

Yes, 8 year old is booked in to have it on Friday.

Just to counter this.

www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/new-studies-provide-reassuring-data-on-menstrual-changes-after-covid-19-vaccination/

Whereas what is unknown is the reason covid itself is impacting the menstrual cycle. Little study has been done thus far- but it is an issue and is concerning.

www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/long-covid-and-periods-the-unspoken-impact-on-female-well-being

Nope, do not see the point at all unless vulnerable. My children have had covid twice, literally just had a high temp for a day. And from the figures, it clearly doesn't stop the spread of covid so I would be doing for the benefit of others, not to protect them

No.
I'd forgotten about covid since the war broke out.

Yes all three of mine have had it. My personal reasons are that we don't know the long term impact of covid either and I suspect it won't be pretty, plus omicron has affected children more than previous variants which makes me worried that a future variant could be more harmful to children. We just don't know and that isn't a risk I'm prepared to take. My children have had covid twice- seemingly mild but I'm convinced the first infection has caused long term issues with one of my children as she has not been right since.
I wasn't aware of the travel insurance issue prior to getting them vaccinated, but have become aware of that since and we travel a lot so it has cemented my belief that I have done the right thing as I wouldn't want to take my children away and not be covered for them being ill with covid. For many children covid has not been mild and the long covid kids group has many sad stories.
For me, I do find it strange people worry about the long term affects of the vaccine but don't worry about the long term affects of covid when we are already seeing the evidence that that is far worse. I think there will be a huge issue with health problems down the line as covid is by no means a mild disease and there is lasting damage shown in brains, lungs and other organs shown on scans even in supposedly mild cases.
People have to make their own decisions based on their own risk vs benefit analysis.
I think every individual will do what they feel is best for their children.

No. One has had it with barely a runny nose, one has an inconclusive test and no symptoms.
My eldest is petrified of injections to the point of practically having a panic attack when she has to come to her little sisters Pre school jabs- don’t see the point in traumatising her for a vaccine with very little benefit to her.