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Are you giving your child the covid jab?

135 replies

Bitconfusedhmm · 28/04/2022 11:49

Just had letter through to book it for my five year old.

he had covid two months ago and had symptoms for one day.

yabu - yes

yanbu - no

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Beetlewings · 28/04/2022 13:39

My two had covid last month so aren't eligible for the vax for 90 days. Dad is a rabid antivaxxer and insists they shouldn't have it but ds11 is pretty sure he'll get it and dd9 said she doesn't mind having it either. Ultimately it'll be up to them (but privately I'm 🥳)

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Bitconfusedhmm · 28/04/2022 13:39

This is where I’m at. I’m triple jabbed and all my children have had every other vaccine that’s been offered to date.

I’m just not sure I see the point for my healthy five year old….but family have expressed shock I was even considering not taking him for it which made me wonder if I was bu!

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Gotofriggingsleep · 28/04/2022 13:40

No, mine are 10 and 6 and won't be having this vaccination currently. I don't see the need to put them through painful injections, with side effects potentially worse than what they experienced with actual Covid. If it was a nasal spray like the flu vaccine I suspect I (and they) would be less resistant.

Wouldyabeguilty · 28/04/2022 13:44

Not on your nellie.

ItsSnowJokes · 28/04/2022 13:45

5 year old had 1st jab and booked in for 2nd jab in July. She had covid last summer was quite poorly and has been left with permanent tinnitus from it.

We also need it for travel this summer so I did jump as soon as I got the invite but the main reason was if she got it again and had it worse or her tinnitus got worse.

Eeksteek · 28/04/2022 13:47

Yes, because of travel. But I probably would have anyway. The more immunity floating around, the better. I know they don’t get it badly, but its a probability thing, which depends on uptake, even if there’s no benefit to the individual.

HikingforScenery · 28/04/2022 13:48

purpleboy · 28/04/2022 12:26

Yes had mine done, her choice, no side effects.
Glad now I'm reading about the cases of hepatitis is children.

What’s that got to do with it ?

Lilgamesh2 · 28/04/2022 13:51

No way

purpleboy · 28/04/2022 13:57

What’s that got to do with it ?

The possibility that it could be Covid related, although as I've already said at this point they aren't sure what is causing, but if turns out it is Covid related I'll be glad she had the vaccine.

LunaLovegoodsNecklace · 28/04/2022 14:13

Gotofriggingsleep · 28/04/2022 13:40

No, mine are 10 and 6 and won't be having this vaccination currently. I don't see the need to put them through painful injections, with side effects potentially worse than what they experienced with actual Covid. If it was a nasal spray like the flu vaccine I suspect I (and they) would be less resistant.

This makes no sense- you'd consider vaccinating them if it were a spray like the flu vaccine, but not as an injection as they're 'painful'? Really, injections are that painful? My kids didn't even notice the needle going in.

Surely (needle phobias notwithstanding) you make the decision to vaccinate based on your judgement of health risks/benefits, not the mode of delivery? Did they not have their childhood vaccinations for the same reason?

FourTeaFallOut · 28/04/2022 14:33

I expect you could answer your own post by looking in your own brackets LunaLovegoodsNecklace.

Horst · 28/04/2022 14:43

All three of mine are not having it. The oldest because he doesn’t want it and my younger two because I’m not letting them. Both the girls have had covid anyway and nobody else caught it off them and they where both symptomless as well but caught via random lft.

me and dh have both had the three jabs and the children have all their other vaccines (apart from boy who has turned down the hpv as well) and flu but not this one.

Squillerman · 28/04/2022 14:45

Nope, I don’t see the point at all. They’ve all had covid confirmed twice but suspect it’s more than that after seeing the symptoms which were incredibly mild in all of us. The vaccine also only lasts for a couple of months before it needs ‘boosting’ so it just seems utterly pointless in healthy children.

Squillerman · 28/04/2022 14:47

Also should say if the vaccine actually stopped them from catching it I’d have them all vaccinated in a flash but it doesn’t so seems even more pointless. I’m vaccinated including booster but I’ve caught it twice over the past 3 months regardless.

sageandbasil · 28/04/2022 14:48

My child's 5 months and if it was available for her age I'd get it

RenegadeMrs · 28/04/2022 14:50

I think so but we all had covid at the end of March so still have a few months to wait until we can get it for her.

BrownieGoldPlease · 28/04/2022 14:56

7 almost 8 year old is booked in, she ended up in hospital with covid when she caught it the 3rd time and was very ill the second time and almost hospitalised, I'm not risking it a 4th time with her unvaxxed

Remmy123 · 28/04/2022 15:00

Seems pointless, so no

Biglumpycustard · 28/04/2022 15:04

We gave our 10 year old the choice, he didn’t want it.

tomatoandherbs · 28/04/2022 15:08

sageandbasil · 28/04/2022 14:48

My child's 5 months and if it was available for her age I'd get it

No judgment genuine question

at 5 months you’d get?

CallMeNutribullet · 28/04/2022 15:18

No. 8 year old has had Covid twice and wasn't ill at all. Myself and rest of family (grandparents etc) are all triple vaccinated

OMG12 · 28/04/2022 15:30

No absolutely not. I have had inflammation issues since my second one, DH has had issues with high blood pressure as have several friends since the jabs. I’ve heard there has been a jump in numbers of young people recently with cardiovascular issues that are being investigated.

DS has had asymptomatic covid twice. No way on earth would I let him have this jab

Duvetdweller · 28/04/2022 15:30

Both of mine are fully jabbed as am I and no one in our family has had it. The only reason they’re jabbed is because we like going on holiday and have been a few times the last few years, it was easier jabbed than not. Also no side effects from jab.

Skinterior · 28/04/2022 15:31

We did the research and concluded there was a benefit as it would help to protect DS's grandma. DS was happy to do it and he was involved in making the decision

Thehundredthnamechange · 28/04/2022 15:33

Not a chance. The virus isn't a risk to their life whereas they could have serious or deadly reactions to the vaccine, as other children have.