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Will your teenagers be taking the covid vaccine

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Bowdown · 04/06/2021 23:41

DD is 16 and has said she won’t. I wondered with the Pfizer vaccine being approved for age 12-15 will your teens be taking the covid vaccine and are you leaving the decision to them?

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Blessex · 05/06/2021 00:58

So my teenage DS and DD have just had HPV. And will get their diphtheria and whooping cough top ups. We don’t discuss those as options. They just have them. So I am grappling why Covid jab would even be an option for them to choose. Help me differentiate.

greenlynx · 05/06/2021 01:02

My DD (16) had both jabs. Tbh it was presented to her as something great and positive ( naturally as DH and I were both provaccine) so she was excited to have it. She was also fed up with restrictions and wanted to go back to normal somehow.

sleepwouldbenice · 05/06/2021 01:03

They will decide. But they wanted to be in the trials so it will be a yes

Scarlettpixie · 05/06/2021 01:04

DS 14 will have it. His choice though.

sandgrown · 05/06/2021 01:05

DS 19 having his this week . He is keen as two of his friends caught Covid last weekend .

WhatWouldPhyllisCraneDo · 05/06/2021 01:08

@Blessex

So my teenage DS and DD have just had HPV. And will get their diphtheria and whooping cough top ups. We don’t discuss those as options. They just have them. So I am grappling why Covid jab would even be an option for them to choose. Help me differentiate.
I suppose the difference is that the covid jab is new and therefore long term effects are unknown. So some people are less keen to have it.

If your DC have had their other jabs with no discussion then I assume they will have this one when you tell them they are. My DS1 was like that. Told him he had a jab at school that day. He went and had it.
DS2 is a different matter all together.

5zeds · 05/06/2021 01:10

Yes one 16 year old has had his first jab already. I’d prefer them all to have it but won’t panic if it’s needed elsewhere first.

lakesummer · 05/06/2021 01:12

My 12 year olds got their 2nd shots today.

The whole family is now fully vaccinated.

Kettledodger · 05/06/2021 01:14

Yep my almost 17yo DS has his second jab next week. Mind you it wasn't up to me it was entirely his choice. He's extremely happy that he will be vaccinated for the summer. Heres hoping he gets to have a better one than last year

Pinkylemons · 05/06/2021 01:15

I’ll leave it up to them but I doubt they’ll have it.

KaleSlayer · 05/06/2021 01:16

They’ll decide for themselves but if it was up to us then we’d say no. Youngest doesn’t want it, oldest thinks he’ll probably have it.

Kettledodger · 05/06/2021 01:20

I think like a pp said. If you as parents are anti or anxious about it then that probably rubs off on your children so they are naturally going to be more reluctant. If it's presented in a positive way then I think that they would be more likely to choose to be vaccinated

KaleSlayer · 05/06/2021 01:26

If it's presented in a positive way then I think that they would be more likely to choose to be vaccinated

Best to just give them facts, not deliberately present it in any particular way.

Crazycakelady17 · 05/06/2021 01:33

My 19 year old had the AZ one he’s type 1 diabetic so had his early on my 16 year old had the P one a few weeks ago

PomBearWithoutHerOFRS · 05/06/2021 01:40

My 14 year old will be getting it asap. He has MS and is currently having monthly chemo treatment. Once he is vaccinated he can go to a six monthly treatment instead, so we can't wait for him to get it.
I want my 16 year old to get it too, will explain to him why, and discuss it, but ultimately cannot force him if he is vehemently against it. I think he will get it though.

Mummyoflittledragon · 05/06/2021 01:52

My dd won’t right now. The school have encouraged her to leave lessons because of the discussions in class around vaccinations as just this makes her feel very ill. She has a medical condition, which would be set off and make her very ill for a few days. She does her Covid tests now and it set it off the first time she did this. So progress.

My health and life has been ruined by drug reactions (prescription drugs). My dd could potentially be the same, who knows. Having had a big reaction to the Covid jab myself, which is only now starting to abate, I’m very nervous of her having the jab now anyway. No doctor or nurse will give an unconscious person, whose heart just stopped then restarted a jab so not happening with dd atm.

BlueButtercups · 05/06/2021 01:58

Both my Teens were vaccinated in April. Both are well, and made the decision themselves. We are in the usa.

Nandocushion · 05/06/2021 02:16

My young teens just had their second doses today and we are all very happy. DD is ASD and works herself up about needles but wanted the vax anyway as she's been terrified she'll kill someone by spreading Covid. In the end she seemed pretty disappointed that the jab wasn't actually painful.

Where we are, the kids are racing each other to get it. So are the adults actually.

Blessex · 05/06/2021 02:57

@WhatWouldPhyllisCraneDo thanks !!!!! Am grappling with the difference. So this helps.

The AZ at least is based on known tech. The Pfizer and Moderna on new tech. At a population level they are both looking amazing. Sure there are exceptions. But with medicines there always are. We did so right to give to those more at risk and then work through those less at risk. The more i see. The more I am like. Ok. My kids will get it.

Ophanim · 05/06/2021 03:54

DS (16) had his first one today. He registered and made the appointment himself so no coercion from me. I'm happy with his decision though.

PhilCornwall1 · 05/06/2021 04:13

Eldest is 19, so his decision, no idea if he will have it, as he's not said anything.

Youngest is 14 and it will be his decision too, if he says he doesn't want it, fine by us.

AnnieAnoniMouse · 05/06/2021 04:16

Yes. They want it for themselves & because they believe in social responsibility.

Obviously a song & dance has to be made the needle 'ewwwww' and 'what if I faint' etc. Reminded of how much of a non event the recent teenage jabs were, seemed to sink in.

I think school will 'heavily encourage' it too, especially as most of the school are 'boarders'.

If they weren't keen, it would be 'tough you're having it' unless they could come up with a convincing argument.

I believe it's everyones responsibility to do what they can to make everyone safer and I think parents etc have a responsibility to make their kids step up.

RedPillowcase · 05/06/2021 04:36

Yes.

My 16 year old has already had his first jag. We've not insisted on either having it but the younger one is happy to get his too when the chance comes around.

a8mint · 05/06/2021 04:40

They can make the decision, bur I am not sure i will be encouraging it in my healthy dc who are at negligible risk from covid.

KaleSlayer · 05/06/2021 05:15

I think school will 'heavily encourage' it too

I’d have an issue if schools were heavily encouraging it. I’d be very surprised if they were allowed to. Schools have never got involved with vaccines before, other than sending home letters and consent forms for nasal flu and hpv vaccine, they don’t comment.

If they weren't keen, it would be 'tough you're having it' unless they could come up with a convincing argument.

Lovely.

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