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

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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?

@CodenameVillanelle they're not planning on giving it to children though are they, so presumably if enough adults get vaccinated that's enough.

I assume both adult DC will be asked to get it because of their job/career plans. So up to them.

DC under 18 - still up to them, if licensed for < 18s.

I actively want husband & all our elderly parents to get the jab. H. gets all sorts of respiratory problems already.

It won't be offered without been tested, safe and medically recommended, so if they started offering it to children, then I would accept.

[quote Waxonwaxoff0]@CodenameVillanelle they're not planning on giving it to children though are they, so presumably if enough adults get vaccinated that's enough.[/quote]
Yes but this is a hypothetical question no?
If children were part of the vaccine program would you have yours done or assume the rest of the population would cover him?

No - baby & 3yo. If kids get covid so mildly then why do they need a vaccine? (If they can pass it on still when vaccinated).

No, I probably wouldn't. I'd have it myself but not DS unless it was necessary.

It’s not approved for children. They won’t be offered it, so there’s no question of you “letting” them have it.
If it was approved, then yes, they would have it.
I too will have it.

Yes, one household member is CEV and if we could all be done I'd be delighted, we would be so much safer.

Some charities are advocating that close family contacts of the CEV should be vaccinated (just as all cohabitants of the shielded could get NHS flu jab thus year, and those of people with blood cancer every year). But until there is more evidence on whether it provides sterilising immunity, that won't be happening.

DC are all teens, and I have no concerns about safety (and Pfizer have paediatric testing underway)

No as I don't think there is any need fir them to have it yet - rather see more research done etc

@CodenameVillanelle there must be good reason why the vaccine has been offered to the adults rather than the children first? (Other than it’s not been approved).

Yet the children are the ones spreading it with no symptoms most of the time.

I wouldn’t give my child it either.
Not an anti vaccine either. However I don’t quite understand the logic.

Yes, they haven’t missed a vaccination yet.

They are teenagers though.

[quote NYNY211]@CodenameVillanelle there must be good reason why the vaccine has been offered to the adults rather than the children first? (Other than it’s not been approved).

Yet the children are the ones spreading it with no symptoms most of the time.

I wouldn’t give my child it either.
Not an anti vaccine either. However I don’t quite understand the logic.[/quote]
The logic is simple. It hasn’t been tested on children, therefore it can’t be approved, and therefore it can’t be offered to children.

[quote NYNY211]@CodenameVillanelle there must be good reason why the vaccine has been offered to the adults rather than the children first? (Other than it’s not been approved).

Yet the children are the ones spreading it with no symptoms most of the time.

I wouldn’t give my child it either.
Not an anti vaccine either. However I don’t quite understand the logic.[/quote]
Yes because it hasn't been tested on children
What logic don't you get? They don't test new vaccines on children. The reasons should be obvious but if not - they need informed consent for a start!
The next phase of vaccine development may be calibration for children.

Just to add, I wouldn’t see them take a place in the queue of someone more vulnerable.

No, I think it's wrong. All the elderly and CEV should be getting it first. It's wrong for rich countries to buy it all to give to healthy young and middle aged adults, let alone healthy children.

No, because its not licensed for use in children. I am pro vaccine however and my DS gets all other vaccines as/when they are recommended. I am nhs so will hopefully be getting the vaccine myself fairly soon!

Yes, because DD is currently very unwell (but not CEV) and I believe that Covid would kill her. I’d have her vaccinated (and DH and I) in a heartbeat. She has to go back to school on the 11th and I’m terrified for her.

If vaccines are not tested on children (I'm not doubting that statement, I'm sure it's true) how do scientists determine childhood vaccinations are safe to give to babies and small children? This is a question for any scientists/medical professionals on the thread btw, not an attack on vaccinations!

Anyway, since this vaccination isn't available to children it hasn't crossed my mind to consider giving it too them. They are, quite rightly, not a priority for it and neither am I. The focus needs to be on administering it to the most vulnerable.

No way.

I've been offered it and rejected it. Not having, neither are my kids.

No chance.

From what I have read the vaccine prevents people from getting severe disease. Children do not get Covid severely so it would be like vaccinating against a cold.

@CodenameVillanelle that’s what I said I know that. HOWEVER with job losses and the schools at risk of opening and shutting... you would think they would have prioritised the children (as this is for a pandemic). I’m not sure why you have an uppity tone.

Also if children are the spreaders... adults getting the vaccine... no I don’t see how that’s going to be success if I’ve honest.

I’m not sure what you don’t get! This is NOT NORMAL times..

@CodenameVillanelle why do your replies seem quite aggressive and condescending?

If people don't want to vaccinate themselves or their children, it is their business. Not for you to try guilt trip them into doing so for the "greater good"

Yes, definitely. I work in clinical trials, so I understand the science behind vaccine development. In fact, our site did some of the Oxford vaccine recruitment (not me specifically but colleagues). I don’t see any significant risks compared to other vaccines. We don’t know how effective it may be in children, but there are no red flags that point to anything unsafe about its use. I think the long term effects of COVID are a greater concern.

No.
I’m not an anti vaxxer but I’m cautious. Even more so because my very elderly family members with underlying health conditions including lung cancer, have tested positive with no symptoms. They’re not getting vaccinated either. Why get a vaccination for something that most people have had and recovered from perfectly fine, that is their opinion.

It’s moot op. It’s not tested for use on children snd as such there are no plans to vaccinate children,