Will your teenagers be taking the covid vaccine

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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?

Mine both had Pfizer. DD2 feels that it messed up her periods though! She went 50+ days!

Having worked directly with Pfizer for months it isn’t going to be suitable for rolling out in countries with poorer infrastructure.

14 year old very keen. Others not old enough yet. We’ve both had both doses (AZ).

@Blessex well said.

@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.

@Blessex I have just posted that on the other thread. DS has had all his vaccs up to now. His HPV is next month and he had no choice. I have had both of my Covid vaccs (NHS Pfizer) and DH has literally just gone for his 2nd one today (AZ) It's weird I feel differently about this one

My 15 year is keen to have it. He wants to be safer and keep others safer. This mature approach from a teenager while 2 other members of my extended family aged 29 and 57 refuse to have it for no specific reason but that's another story... Does anyone know how and when the vaccinations will become available to teenagers?

My teen's eyes lit up at the news. We have been particularly badly affected by COVID as a family, so that's probably why.

[quote MilesJuppIsMyBitch]@Tubbs99 do you not think it benefits children to have the adults in their lives kept safe? Not hospitalised?

Adults like parents, teachers, grandparents?

Funny way to look at it.[/quote]
Not to the "unknown" detriment of their own health, no.

No!

The amount of people saying their teens are making these decisions and advising others.

How many of these teens have gone and dug out the very valid scientific papers (that keep getting buried under the PR machine that is driving mass vaccinations) and full informing themselves before making these decisions?

A LOT of scientists are worried. And bemused. But staying silent. The plan was never to vaccinate the healthy, forget children. All of this is very very odd and I cannot believe that more people are not demanding more answers.

Why are tech platforms burying debate/ deleting videos and articles? Why is so much info being censored? Why are more people not asking these wider questions? Where are the televised debates on this topic? Where are the voices from both sides?

How many of you who received your vaccinations were informed by the nurse (before receiving your vaccine) that you were about to be injected by a vaccine that is still in clinical trials? How many of you were explained the potential risks of taking said vaccine? And asked that you still gave your full consent?

I’ve asked people and so far everyone has said none of those things were said/ or asked.

They should have been. As an FYI. Any other drug still in trials, the above happens. Why not this time? What? Are we now not sensible enough to make our own decisions about our bodies? We just blindly hand it over to the powers that be? (Who are not being completely transparent?)

I'm not100% happy about it. I had horrendous side effects to the vaccine and was ill for nearly 2 weeks. So I'm wary incase my children are the same. I'm also wary of them having a vaccine when we have no idea what the long term implications could be.
I will allow them to choose though. 14 year old has said she will. 12 year old isn't keen but has autism and sensory issues so I'm not sure if that's part of the problem.

everybodysang
While there are plenty of valid concerns and good, strong and interesting debate and thoughts on this thread, always worth remembering that not all who post with anti-vaccination sentiments do so in good faith.
I'm not anti vax. I'm anti coercion.

So interesting that you chose to reply to this, user123lotsofnumbersandjusthappenstobeagainstvaccines

A LOT of scientists are worried. And bemused. But staying silent

If they're staying silent, how do you know they're worried and bemused?

My 16yr old has had both vaccinations now. No side effects at all.

Yes, mine have already had it as carers. They didn't question it, just did it when it was offered.

I was a bit concerned because I'd heard side effects are worse for young people, although on balance I still felt they should have it. In the event neither of them had anything other than a sore arm.

@sassbott

It’s so annoying time and time again to be made out that people who do want it know nothing about anything and are a bunch of blind sheep dimwits who believe everything they are told. Are you yourself a scientist? Or even in the medical profession? Or is this self education?

I work in this area and know thousands of vaccinated perfectly intelligent people, professionals and they can’t ALL be imbeciles who have ‘done no research’. They weighed up their options.

you will get people linking COVID to 5G you will also get people who have done absolutely no research. In between these 2 extremes is everyone else in the middle who has made a decision for themselves and or/discussed it with their family

I only have 1 teen but no she wont be getting the vaccine and i say that as someone who is fully vaccinated

Have a nearly 12 year old here and we have discussed it and they will not be getting the vaccine. Further down the line who knows. We may change our mind in a couple of years.

Each person needs to do what’s best for them. I don’t judge others for having the vaccine and I don’t expect to be judged for not having it.

We asked our DD about this the other night and she'd like the vaccine if it is offered. She was pleased when we were offered the vaccine too.

@everybodysang

everybodysang While there are plenty of valid concerns and good, strong and interesting debate and thoughts on this thread, always worth remembering that not all who post with anti-vaccination sentiments do so in good faith. I'm not anti vax. I'm anti coercion.

So interesting that you chose to reply to this, user123lotsofnumbersandjusthappenstobeagainstvaccines

Like I said, I'm not against vaccines. We are all up to date with ours. I just don't want or need this one. What is it? A 99.something% chance of not being seriously ill? No previously healthy children have died from covid? I'll take my chances with my immune system thanks!

@MilesJuppIsMyBitch, Which is why the adults are being vaccinated! I’m not the only one wondering about the ethics involved here. One of the JCVI members was on the news this morning saying the exact same thing. He was questioning the ethics of giving kids a vaccine they don’t need. I’ll try and find the clip.

Yes of course my teenager will be taking the covid vaccine in order to protect himself, his family, friends, strangers. He also wants to help in our fight for freedom and to live a normal life again, travel, go to uni properly

It’s up to the adults if they want their children to have the jab.

No one asked me if I wanted the TB jab when I was a teenager.

If your child has a long term affect due to having a jab they didn’t need but only had to ‘protect others’ then the parents live with that.

My 19 year old has and all her friends have had it too.

If your child has a long term affect due to having a jab they didn’t need but only had to ‘protect others’ then the parents live with that.

There’s no way we will be making the decision for our teenagers. They know the risks of having covid and of having the vaccine. Its has to be their decision, they’re old enough to understand, and if there are any side effects, it won’t be us who has to cope with them.