Vaccination 5-11 years

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Will you let your child have the vaccine? And reasons for and against?

No. They've had covid twice and we're completely asymptomatic.

If it prevented transmission I would consider it for others but it doesn't so I can't see the benefit.

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This is a dilemma. We like to travel and have really missed it. We wanted to go to Germany for a few days in march but can't as our 10 year old isn't vaccinated. He would need to quarantine. So although no part of me feels he needs a covid vaccine as he has had it already and is very low risk, we may do it for travel reasons. Which feels wrong.

I don’t agree with healthy children taking the Covid vaccine, totally unnecessary for this age group.

Yes.
DD2 is 11 so would be having it next year anyway. Whether they can get a needle in her arm is another matter. Hoping it will be done at school so I don't have to have that argument with her!
They wouldn't do it if she refused, but she'll be more compliant in a queue with her friends than with me.

@MummyMe87

Yes I’ll probably have my 7yr old vaxxed. It’s safe as far as I’m concerned, Passed trials and has been used on multiple other countries for kids. I want to reduce the risk of transmission to him, reduce illness if he got covid, reduce risk severe covid and reduce risk of long covid.

Yes it will hurt briefly, as will HPV when it’s his turn for that, as did ore school boosters, MMR etc etc. But I’m 100% pro vaccine and I trust medicine/science

Its still in trials until next year

The people saying yes they'll do it sound like robots.

And it doesn't make any difference to the risk of catching it or passing it on. It just lessens your own symptoms, which are mild in children.

My nephew had it last week, my sil is cev. She's happy his friends can now get it because she's worried about them visiting, anything to reduce the spread

Mine are only 4, but it’s something I’ve found myself very unsure of for when they’re eligible. I’ve had all 3 I’m eligible for, but I just can’t make my mind up about whether it’s a good idea for my children which I realise sounds a tad daft!

And it doesn't make any difference to the risk of catching it or passing it on

So much conflicting evidence on this! But guess it’s hard to measure

I'm in France so I had my six year old vaxxed in December. No side effects and I'm so glad I did because there have been cases all over his school since Christmas, plus I caught it from a colleague. He hasn't caught it.

DD is extremely pro vax but is adamant that it entirely unnecessary to have my 8 year old GS vaccinated
He had covid with no symptoms at Christmas and our family and extended family are fully vaccinated

No. There is exactly a zero reason of why I would let my children having this vaccine. They are in a good health and have been at school throughout this pandemic. They have had a cold once in 2 years that lasted 1,5 days. They have been exposed to covid numerous times including in the household and are probably immune by now. Their risk is nearly NIL, so why would I add a vaccine in the mix?

Not even for a million pounds.

Yes.

I find it a harder choice for my younger child but me, dh and 12 year old are fully vaccinated. Would feel wrong not to give him the same protection.

Its still in trials until next year

Phase 4 trials which are essentially post-release monitoring to check it performs the same in the general population as it did in mass clinical trials. These are standard with all medicines. Every taken a paracetamol? Congratulations, you've been part of a phase 4 medical trial.

The people saying yes they'll do it sound like robots.

Or they're making what they consider to be the best decision for their children, as you are free to do for yours.

And it doesn't make any difference to the risk of catching it or passing it on. It just lessens your own symptoms, which are mild in children.

There is conflicting evidence on whether it lessens transmission and there is research ongoing in this area. Vaccinated people tend to shed less of the virus which can lower their chances of infecting others.

I’m fully vaccinated myself as are the rest of the family but I can’t see any reason (other than for adults protection) for them having the vaccine and that for me is not a valid enough reason. My children have had it and had no symptoms.

For me:
A) to protect the CEV children at his school
B) as a scientist I trust the science.
C) to avoid long COVID as it’s been debilitating in 2 children at school (attendance on and off and can’t manage stairs)
D) it feels wrong to deny him the protection his older peers have
E) he has all his other vaccines
F) he hasn’t had covid yet so has no antibodies.
G) billions of other children have already had it across the globe.
H) sense of civic duty to get community on the path to normality
I) he wanted it.

No I won’t. Dd has covid atm and it’s basically a cold.
I also listened to an interesting podcast- Honestly with Bari Weiss- where she looked into the decision made by the CDC. The risk of myocarditis is minimal, but is still more likely than the associated risks of catching covid.
I do not really see the reasoning- it doesn’t stop spread and lasts 3m..so the disruption would still continue.
I do worry it will affect travel, which really would be the cherry on top. Struggling to travel with children when so many adults in other countries haven’t been vaccinated.

no no no- morally and ethically i think it is so wrong! Send the vaccines to adults in other countries, no child has a social responsibility to be vaccinated .

Yes, my daughter Covid mildly last September and developed PIMS (Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome) a few weeks later. She has long covid ever since.

Yes. DD is healthy & low risk but we want to be able to travel freely (many countries won't let unvax-ed kids in) and not worry about covid.

@parietal

Yes. DD is healthy & low risk but we want to be able to travel freely (many countries won't let unvax-ed kids in) and not worry about covid.

That's a political decision rather than a medical one.

Not having a go, just trying to separate things out.

I don't have plans to give my pre pubescent daughters the vaccine. We have an extra year of data on the virus than we do on the vaccine and it does appear the risk is very low for kids.

The vaccine doesn't seem to do much to prevent transmission, so for those reasons I'm not sure of the benefit.

If another variant rolls around or there is a version 2 of the vaccine I'll reconsider

Eldest is 11 and I would like him vaccinated as he is at secondary school. Youngest is 8 and I will probably get him vaccinated. However, both had it in December so we can’t vaccinated until next month anyway.

@Spiderinthedownstairsloo

DH and I are triple vaxxed, DC are 7 and 4 (she’ll be 5 in the spring). I’d love to get the DC vaccinated but the 7yo has extreme needle phobia and freaked out when I told him about the jab, no idea how I’d even get him to have it done tbh we’ve had Covid in the house twice and no one was unwell (7yo had a headache and snotty nose, 4yo no symptoms) so I’m really conflicted as they weren’t unwell with it and the risks are so small but then I know it’s the best thing to do

Is it definitely the jab?

I was wondering if it might be nasal spray like the flu one?

But yes, I will probably get my child vaccinated.

@QuentininQuarantino

For me: A) to protect the CEV children at his school B) as a scientist I trust the science. C) to avoid long COVID as it’s been debilitating in 2 children at school (attendance on and off and can’t manage stairs) D) it feels wrong to deny him the protection his older peers have E) he has all his other vaccines F) he hasn’t had covid yet so has no antibodies. G) billions of other children have already had it across the globe. H) sense of civic duty to get community on the path to normality I) he wanted it.

This is my thinking too.....except the last one. He doesn't want it because he doesn't like the jab.

But it wasn't his decision to make for all the other vaccines he's had since he was a baby so I guess I need to make this one for him too.

Not easy though.