Pregnancy & Vaccine Passports

[covidpreggers]

Off the back of the P&O cruises thread where a surprising about of people seem to be for vaccine passports for indoor activities in the U.K.

Where does/should that leave pregnant women who are unable to have the vaccine? Should they be exempt? Given the option of a negative 'quick' test instead? Or just be banned from these places all together?

Do you think there should be a different approach for people who can't have the vaccine, opposed to those who are refusing it?

I'm thinking of places where social distancing isn't easy. So things like; cinema, theatre, spas, soft play, festivals, flights, theme parks, etc.

My honest advice to you OP, regardless of vaccines and passports is to have a lovely summer and to go out to as many places as you can with your little one, but avoid soft-play like the plague pit that it is.

It might be reasonable to exempt pregnant women, people who cannot have the vaccine and or those who are unlikely to form optimal antibodies from other settings where a passport is recommended because there will be protection from other people who have been vaccinated, but for me, softplay isn't a safe place.

@notrub

Lovely to see so many posters in favour of (illegal) indirect discrimination against pregnant women.

This is all a smoke screen people.

I doubt if the OP is pregnant, I doubt if ANY pregnant person would be "offended" by the measures proposed. These are all anti-vaxxers pretending outrage against all and any attempts to make the world safer through vaccination.

Definitely pregnant and definitely not anti-vaccine.

I think the vaccine is fantastic and intend to have it straight away as I'm allowed to. I encourage everyone else to do the same.

I'm also not 100% against some restrictions for people that aren't vaccinated, for instance the cruises. But only once everyone has been offered the vaccine, and only if there are measures in place to ensure those that aren't able to be vaccinated have alternative options. Such as a negative test.

I completely agree with you OP. I’m also pregnant, although it wasn’t intended. This is my lowest point mental health-wise since covid began, and I think it’s the idea of now being expected to shield for nine months after already losing a year of my life. It’s devastating.

I agree OP, I'm 17 weeks at the moment, and otherwise low risk, so under current rules won't be ALLOWED the vaccine until the autumn. If the advice changes I'd take it in a shot.

Like you I'm not bothered about travelling abroad at the moment but would like to go out to a restaurant, cinema etc once we can (before baby comes).

I think that on the off chance vaccine passports are introduced for day to day life in the UK pregnant women would be exempt (it's discrimination otherwise), along with other groups who can't have it - eg children, as really it's at our own risk. I also expect that they'll change the rules soon enough and start routinely vaccinating pregnant women - I noticed today that those ttc and breastfeeding are now advised to have it when they weren't previously.

I am shocked and disappointed by some of the replies on this thread, I am 3 months pregnant and would love to have the vaccine if I could, and would be very angry if I ended up being denied entry to places such as restaurants etc due to being unable to have a vaccine, when it could easily be remedied by a rapid test.

I agree that certain very high risk places might not be a great place to go, such as a non socially distanced cinema and would be sensible to avoid, but I think it’s a cop out just to say that pregnant women make sacrifices so here’s another one, when there could be measures put in place to protect us and others around us.