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To not understand why parents would volunteer their young children for testing

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help1653 · 21/04/2020 19:50

I got a big pack of information through the post a couple of weeks ago on a clinical trial for young children. They want to test immunity to vaccinations including testing for existing immunity to Covid 19. But they dont think the Covid 19 test is accurate enough to tell the parents the results. So you are putting your child through painful blood tests just for travel expenses and the fluffy feeling of benefiting the greater good of furthering medical research. My children are 6 and 8 so couldn't consent to this trial in any way. I dont get why any parent would agree to this.

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PotholeParadise · 22/04/2020 13:17

what do you think a parent should do if their very large 7 year old refuses a jab, hold them down

Explain it properly with these new-fangled thimgs called 'words', maybe?

Seven year olds can weigh up the idea of choosing a small pain now to prevent a lot of pain later from a potentially lethal virus.

Chillicheese123 · 22/04/2020 13:28

I hope neither of your kids develop diabetes if they can’t even hack a single injection ‘n

okiedokieme · 22/04/2020 13:31

It's necessary for checks to be done, dd was tested at 19 for immunity as part of a study, they got a £10 supermarket gift card as a thank you, as students they thought it was an excellent deal

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