To ask whether you would have and give your DC the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available?

[Juniorpromdressqueen]

Apologies if this has been asked before.

I’m very pro-vax, but the thought of such a new vaccine makes me feel a bit nervous. Then again, so does the thought of coronavirus.

I was reading an article in The Atlantic about the vaccine today, and it said 21% of Americans say they won’t have the vaccine and another 30% are undecided, and it made me think about it, because my initial reaction was, “idiots!!” and then I realised that made me hypocritical, as I am nervous myself.

What would you do, if you and your family could have the vaccine at Boots tomorrow?

Yep 100%. Have volunteered already.

Definitely.

Totally agree with @supadoopa

@PepperMooMoo

Not. A. Chance,

No one had even heard of coronavirus this time last year, there is no way I would accept a rushed through vaccine, that hasn't adhered to normal clinical trial timelines. Not a chance.

You might not have heard of coronaviruses, but those developing vaccines have. This is new strain, but vaccines have been in development for other strains. This is just a tinkering with those. They are happening fast, yes, but apparently a lot of the time involved in creating a new vaccine is waiting for funding to be applied for, approved and paid - that’s obviously not a problem with this one.

@supadoopa

Really shocked at these answers.

Absolutely no chance!

My children have had and will have all their vaccinations as per the current schedule but no they will not be getting a rushed through, unproven vaccine any time soon for an illness that they have very little chance of catching or being affected by in any way.

Yes! This 100%!

I also can’t believe the amount of people who said yes. No way in hell will I let my kids have this unsafe , unnecessary vaccine. Your poor kids.

Yes!

Yes. 👍

@Michaelschofield

I also can’t believe the amount of people who said yes. No way in hell will I let my kids have this unsafe , unnecessary vaccine. Your poor kids.

On what grounds do you say it’s unsafe? Another social media scientist? And I’d actually quite like life to get back to normal, theatres, choirs etc etc so it’s necessary for that. As for your ‘poor kids’ comment....

Bit of a mixed bag, but more yes than no, it seems.

I’d worry far less about having it myself; it’s my DC I am a bit worrying about, as they’re too little to make their own decision

But there’s no science behind that worry (I’m an art teacher, science is not my expertise) its just basic parental fears and wanting to do the best for your children.

Yep. I've had it already. Or I've had the meningitis vaccine, don't suppose I'll find out which for a while yet...

No. My rule of thumb is never to be an early adopter of anything. I’ll wait to see the effects of the vaccine on other people who chose to be guinea pigs. If there are no bad side effects I’ll probably get vaccinated later.

@Raimona

No. My rule of thumb is never to be an early adopter of anything. I’ll wait to see the effects of the vaccine on other people who chose to be guinea pigs. If there are no bad side effects I’ll probably get vaccinated later.

What If the virus doesn’t want to work to your timeline though. Are you prepared To be a guinea pig and catch a virus that is unknown to all and the long term side effects?

Yes.

I’ve signed up to be considered for 3 different routes to be considered for vaccine trials. Anything to get this hell over with.

supadoopa

Really shocked at these answers.

Absolutely no chance!

My children have had and will have all their vaccinations as per the current schedule but no they will not be getting a rushed through, unproven vaccine any time soon for an illness that they have very little chance of catching or being affected by in any way.

I agree. No neither my dc nor I will have it.

Funnily enough we had the same conversation in work today between me and 2 other families, all of us were a firm NO!

Depends which vaccine, depends on the small print, depends what the stats say, but probably yes (although they’re late teens so it’ll be their choice).

In practice it’ll be ages before any children or teens get vaccinated, so any rare short term side effects will become apparent when it’s given to millions of healthcare workers and the clinically vulnerable (don’t mean to sound callous, that’s just the facts). Longer term side effects is a different question and we’ll deal with that when we come to it.

Look at the way the world has been the last four months. Lock down. Job losses. Children stick home from school, missing their friends. Deaths and Covid related illnesses, delay of other nhs health services, mental health crisis, financial recession and crash... and that's only scratching the surface.

Why oh why would people not want to move heaven and earth to help avoid that happening again?

No way. I'm not a anti vaxxer and really appreciate all the hard work that has gone into all vax's to this date to protect us but this one feels rushed and I don't know what side effects it will cause in the future. I would prefer to take my chances with the virus. Taking my chances with the virus means that I would do anything to avoid it, however would prefer my own immune to fight it if I did catch it.

On the fence. Don't like being an early adopter of anything also but at same time covid is terrifying enough to make me consider it

@Juniorpromdressqueen

But there’s no science behind that worry (I’m an art teacher, science is not my expertise) its just basic parental fears and wanting to do the best for your children.

This isn't totally true. The SARS vaccine IIRC had unexpected negative effects, though it wasn't given out because of that. But people might worry the pressure to speedily come up with a vaccine could mean less careful testing.

And there have also been errors in manufacturing of a vaccine that were dangerous.

Of course. Front of the queue.

Definitely, am shocked at the ignorance in thinking that coranavirus research is new , Or that it’s will be an unsafe rushed vaccine etc. Those things are simply not true.

I'd have it myself without hesitation but it's a tough one whether I'd want DS (age 2) to have it. The risks to him from coronavirus are so low that the reason to have it would essentially be altruistic, and I don't feel that comfortable about the idea of making the decision that he should take that risk for others on his behalf, but obviously he can't make that choice for himself.