If we initially decline covid vaccine for teenager, but want to get it after all soon after...

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Will that be possible?

I understand most the vacc for age 12-15 will be provided in mass sessions in schools. Thus, if I/DC declined DC getting jab in September but felt in November comfortable with it -- how will that be possible to get the delayed dose, do you think? Walk in centre? GP?

There are some aspects of the safety data I would feel more comfortable if there were a few more month of people looking at it before DC had the jab.

I haven't heard/seen any news about how kids who don't initially get the covid vaccine might catch up later. TIA.

Yes it will be possible

You can turn up at any walk in centre whenever you like for the first dose.

@RampantIvy

You can turn up at any walk in centre whenever you like for the first dose.

Not all wall in centres are able to vaccinate under 18s, you’d need to check first OP. Also as they would require parental consent to be signed it’s unclear if they will be doing under 16s at walk in clinic. Any out of the ordinary requests are usually booked by the GP giving you a code/link to the booking website. EG my 17 year old required a second vaccine as she works in a care home, we couldn’t automatically book or walk in as most 17 year olds aren’t eligible so needed the link to book provided by GP.

You mean, you want other people's dc to take the risks before you decide?

Watching with interest as my teen has covid at the moment so I'd like to delay their vaccination because they will have antibodies from that for a while yet.

I assume that they will as those who have had covid 19 have to wait 28 days after infection to be vaccinated.

It may be like the flu vaccine, my DS had chicken pox when he was supposed to have had his flu vaccine and they contacted after to book him in to have afterwards.

Hard to say as these vaccines aren't being delivered in the same way. They're being carried out by the schools vaccination service.
Certainly our local vaccination centre doesn't expect to be involved at any point.

GPS are under enormous pressure at the moment. I can't see them being thrilled to be used as a back up service for the nervous parent.

I'd just bite the bullet, personally.

They're being carried out by the schools vaccination service
That’s true, my DDs missed out on the HPV vaccine as we were living abroad for a couple of years. We couldn’t do it where we were as they used a different vaccine and it required three jabs obviously and we’d be coming back home in the middle of the vaccine schedule (each jab was a few months apart). So when we came back we had to arrange it specially through the GP - and they’re weren't happy about it.

thanks to folk who tried to answer constructively

Makes sense that some kids will be off ill (with anything) or unable to get vacc at usual time, so other mechanisms must exist.

The extra analyses I hope will be done soon or at least considered, wouldn't need any more 12-15yos to get covid vacc.