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Would you let your child have the vaccine if it was available tomorrow?

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WhoAteAllTheMincePiez · 31/12/2020 01:36

Having a chat with DH tonight. He’d be up for the vaccine if it was available tomorrow and wouldn’t mind our children (1 and 5) having it.
I’m the opposite. I wouldn’t want my children to have it.

I’m not an anti-vaxxer, I do believe this is very real, but I’m not comfortable or assured of what the long term side effects may be. I think back to the virginal mesh, formaldehyde etc. All safe until later on when it was found it wasn’t. I know you can model it and project t, but a projection, for me at least, isn’t time served.

Would you let your child have the vaccine if it was available tomorrow?

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stopgap · 31/12/2020 01:38

No, because it hasn’t been tested for use on children.

Littlewhitedove2 · 31/12/2020 01:38

Personally no. And I don’t know if I would have it either. If I was older or vulnerable I think I would though.

5zeds · 31/12/2020 01:39

Yes

purplejungle · 31/12/2020 01:41

Yes if the scientific advice recommended it, currently no given that it's not advised for children.

Vaccines are very different to thalidomide/ vaginal mesh etc though, the way they work means side effects tend to be immediate not long term hence testing does not need to be over a long period. The only reason vaccines are usually tested over a long period of time is because of lack of funding/ volunteers etc.

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WhoAteAllTheMincePiez · 31/12/2020 01:42

@Littlewhitedove2 I wouldn’t have it either for the same reasons I wouldn’t let my children have it.

I’d read the results of a survey by childcare.com which suggested that almost half of parents wouldn’t let their children have it. A fifth of those said he reason they wouldn’t was because they didn’t believe it existed, kids were immune and something else that I can’t remember. Those may not be verbatim, but it’s what I have taken away from it.

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WhoAteAllTheMincePiez · 31/12/2020 01:45

@purplejungle that’s reassuring. Also thank is for the correct spelling - I think I’ve referred to something completely different!

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greenlynx · 31/12/2020 01:45

Yes, my DD is 16, she’s in higher risk group so will be vaccinated.

Finfintytint · 31/12/2020 01:45

You say you are not an anti vaxxer but you are clearly an anti vaxxer for whatever reason.

AdoraBell · 31/12/2020 01:48

Yes, and I would have it too. Also DH would.

DioneTheDiabolist · 31/12/2020 01:51

Yes, of course.

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WhoAteAllTheMincePiez · 31/12/2020 01:52

@Finfintytint no, I agree with vaccines and think it’s a great step forward. However, I appreciate that due to the nature of what we are facing there isn’t the luxury of time to
see any really happens. Also another poster mentioned something quite helpful re the reason other studies take a long time to get through.

Both children fully vaccinated for everything else.

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Userzzz · 31/12/2020 01:56

A vaccine with new technology and no long term trials? Not for my children.

AndcalloffChristmas · 31/12/2020 01:58

Probably the teen, maybe not the 6 yo. But if this is a scenario where it was approved for children then obviously yes.

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 31/12/2020 02:00

Yes (presumably if it was available for children it would have been tested & approved).

I'm more worried that as it mutates it'll have a harsher impact on children than it seems to now, than I am they'd approve a vaccine that wasn't safe.

ekidmxcl · 31/12/2020 02:08

No not for the kids
I’d have it though

Aquamarine1029 · 31/12/2020 02:11

No way.

Yoshinori · 31/12/2020 02:57

It is not approved for children so no.
If it becomes approved for children yes.

ADRIENNEthroughbloodshoteyes · 31/12/2020 03:09

No

Popcornriver · 31/12/2020 05:51

If it had been tested on children then yes probably. I do worry about any unknown effects but I'm also worried about any unknown effects of long covid in children as well (which seems to be scoffed at quite a bit on here).

3littlewords · 31/12/2020 05:56

As there are currently no plans to vaccinate children its an irrelevant conversation/ argument to have

tinselwreath · 31/12/2020 05:56

Primodose. No. People will most likely have fewer adverse affects from the coronavirus than what is being formulated without culpability of the manufacturer and billions on the line for the people involved.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 31/12/2020 07:07

No. Not anti vax here but I don't really want him to have a vaccination for an illness that is so mild in children his age (7). Plus I'd prefer to see people who need it get it first.

CodenameVillanelle · 31/12/2020 07:09

When it is approved for children I will let mine have it. If I was offered it I would have it. I can't imagine how people would prefer to live like we are currently living than take the potential tiny (real or imagined) risk of being vaccinated. I can only assume people who are too nervous to get the vaccine believe that they don't need to because enough other people will do it for them...

CodenameVillanelle · 31/12/2020 07:11

@Waxonwaxoff0

No. Not anti vax here but I don't really want him to have a vaccination for an illness that is so mild in children his age (7). Plus I'd prefer to see people who need it get it first.
Would you like him to have years more of interrupted education and enforced distance from friends and family? The only way to get a grip on this virus is mass vaccination. As ever with vaccinations, it's not solely about the individual risk.
Frazzled2207 · 31/12/2020 07:12

@Yoshinori

It is not approved for children so no. If it becomes approved for children yes.
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