To say no to covid vaccine for DS?

[Clarabell77]

My DS10 has asthma - mild albeit a chest infection 14 months ago ended up in an overnight in hospital on a nebuliser/steroid and he’s had to have a steroid once during that time for another infection.

He’s been identified as being at risk and offered a Covid vaccine. I’m not sure whether to allow him to have it as I’m sure he’s had Covid quite a few times when we’ve all tested positive at home - can’t test him as he won’t let me near him with a swab. He’s had mild symptoms, even when ours weren’t.

He’s had the flu vaccine twice and taken unwell within weeks on both occasions so I’ve opted out of that one this year. Does anyone have any thoughts on the Covid one? Ideally someone who has actual knowledge, not from YouTube, I’m not a covid denier or anti vaxxer.

AIBU to not get him the vaccine?

Personally I wouldn’t

Likewise I don’t see the point now, I had no vaccines and two babies we are all fine, they didn’t even push / really ask with my second pregnancy. You could always as DS he is 10 if he would like it or rather not ?

I’d probably get it? My brother in law has asthma and got Covid and now has really bad long covid and apparently the vaccine can help prevent that, he honestly can’t even get out of bed some days and it’s been a year!

Don't you just long for the days before vaccines were invented? I mean, no dilemma to be had. What a shame clever people started inventing things to save lives/minimise the effects of a disease

Does anyone have any thoughts on the Covid one? Ideally someone who has actual knowledge

I have actual knowledge but it's not clear what you want to know, or what your concerns are. Can you elaborate?

I had a text saying my child was at risk of complications. I’m unsure what risks because she doesn’t have asthma or any other health conditions. I’ve ignored text and think they’re pushing people to take up unused vaccines that will go in the bin otherwise

I got the Covid vaccine in 2022 due to the insane and draconian restrictions in Ireland at the time. I haemorrhaged for two days after the vaccine and was diagnosed with very advanced uterine cancer in 2023. I’d strongly advise you to say no to the Covid vaccine.

It’s your call to risk assess. However, my son is vulnerable so he had the vaccine. I didn’t have the vaccine. I couldn’t live with myself if he got Covid really bad and I hadn’t done anything to prevent it. I gave him paracetamol just before the jab (yesterday) and will give it to him again if he needs it.

I think a day or two of possibly feeling rough is better than the awful outcome if he gets Covid.

You can't ask us to decide this for you

Just wondering why you are stating an awful outcome if he gets covid when OP has said he has already had covid with only mild symptoms?

Did he have the flu nasal spray or actual injection? The nasal spray does have a small amount of the live strain in it whereas the jab doesn't, the latter is usually recommended for children with asthma as less risk of serious breathing related side effects. I'd get flu for sure but wouldn't be as fussed on the covid vaccine as he's had covid several times and will have some natural immunity surely.

Your child has a known weakness why wouldn't you protect him?

No you're not being unreasonable at all. If you don't want to then don't.

How someone responds to one variant isn't indicative of how they will respond to another.

When you say 'taken unwell within weeks of having the flu vaccine' what do you actually mean?

I have asthma, every single time I get flu I'm off work for weeks and needing steroids. And my asthma isn't even that bad. No way would I miss a flu vaccine.

Kids get lots of viruses. If he was unwell weeks after getting the flu vaccine, are you sure you aren't blaming the vaccine for something that was nothing to do with it?

I work in pharma, please do not give your baby the Covid jab.

He should have the flu and covid jabs. Up to you obviously but he is at risk from getting serious chest infections from either and he has already been hospitalised because of that.

Do not do this. I have a serious, lifelong autoimmune condition from the covid vaccine

Out of interest, care to expand?

No.

You are getting responses based on posters own biases here. No- one has any evidence for their opinions. It’s all anecdotal.And mostly from people with no medical background .
It is a difficult decision to make but I definitely wouldn’t make it on the basis of emotive posts pasted here.

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If you had advanced uterine cancer in 2023, it was almost certainly already present when you had the covid jab in 2022 haemorrhaging is a symptom of uterine cancer. Just one of those unfortunate things in life nothing to do with the jab, good luck with the treatment.