Conflicted about vaccinating 17 year old

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So dd is about to enter year 13 and has been offered vaccine. Part of me thinks she should have it as she is going to University next year and no one really knows how COVID affects individuals who are perceived to be low risk. Than there is Long COVID. DH firmly believes she should have it and more importantly she wants it too.
I will of course facilitate her choice but why do I have a tiny niggling doubt? I know I have been dripped rather alot of poison from an anti vax relative and I know this will ramp up if she discovers she has had vaccine?
So difficult.

It isn't difficult at all. She wants it, and you know your niggles are from anti-vaxxers.

It's absolutely nothing to do with any of your relatives.

Get her the vaccine!

You should conflicted. It’s her choice.

*shouldn’t be

It's her choice at 17.

So the Anti Vaxers have been telling you a load of rubbish so your doubting it .
Do some research then but if your dc wants it then nothing more to doubt it’s her choice .

My dd (17) got it a week ago. Her choice and luckily no side effects

You are doing ypur own dripping by starting this thread, plantimgbthe seed of doubt on here

She will definitely be having the vaccine as it is her choice.
Just wish I could shake off the tiny voice of doubt in my mind. Hopefully the collective MN voice of reason will work.
I will just ignore anti vax relative who tbh I am now limiting contact with after she said my kids will be orphans as we both had the vaccine.

Really not the intention @bruffin

My 16 yr old has had it.
Felt ever so slightly off the next day, two paracetamol cured it.
I’m glad he’s had it before he starts college. I just wish the high school kids could have been offered it before they go back too.

I've been dripped a lot of poison on social media from people gleeful That the unvaccinated should be denied medical treatment. Such a nasty ugly attitude.

It's my 17 yr olds choice.

As you say, OP, it's her choice and you have to respect it. So what's the point of worrying about something you can't control?

She will be fine, she is making a sensible choice. Don't waste your energy fretting about it.

My 16 yo was done yesterday, 3 weeks after her birthday, hates needles so very proud of her.
It was absolutely her choice.

Your relative sounds very unpleasant. Those views expressed are beyond just 'having an opinion' and have gone into 'being deliberately offensive' territory.

We've all got to make these decisions about vaccines. For most of us it's easy, for others a little less so. I think it helps to research the science and the statistics from trusted sources, e.g. universities, Prof Chris Whitty, Prof John Campbell. A bit like conquering a fear of flying - look at the safety data, not Final Destination!

I'm glad your DD will be getting jabbed. Take care.

@bruffin

You are doing ypur own dripping by starting this thread, plantimgbthe seed of doubt on here

You have a point, the vaccine should be a bit of a no-brainier by now.

Risk v benefit. My 16 year old has had it.
When students start testing positive in college and the unvaccinated over 18 close contacts are the only ones who have to be sent home to SI and miss classes/exams etc, I suspect many will have a rethink.

will just ignore anti vax relative who tbh I am now limiting contact with after she said my kids will be orphans as we both had the vaccine.

Yeah I have 1 of these too, my MIL firmly believes I'm going to be dead within a couple of years because I've been vaccinated because " we just don't know what's in them" 🙄
The fact that she is CEV, immuno compromised, overweight and nearly 70 is completely lost on her were covid is concerned, she's far more likely to be dead within a few years than I am, she's happy to take her chances, whereas I have effectively signed my own death certificate
Folk are weird!
No one has the right to tell you what to do or not do where vaccination is concerned its personal choice

It's natural to be worried about our DC but I think that the risk of her getting Covid and possibly having long Covid is higher than any possible side effects from the vaccine. Also think about the disruption to her education in such a crucial year if she has to repeatedly self isolate.

@SilverGlitterBaubles she's under 18 she won't have to self isolate at all

When is she 18 OP?

My teen made his own decision, at this age its not your decision.

When your child was a baby did they have all the childhood immunisations? Including any newly introduced ones?

@cptartapp April

All had all vaccinations although none were new.

She is absolutely making her decision.

I understand this. I agree with vaccinations and myself and DC have had them all. The problems for me lay with our government being so hesitant with children, they were going to have it then they said the risk outweighed the benefits. The data for children regarding the vaccine and indeed covid is not quite as plentiful as for adults. So it is not a no brainer, it needs careful consideration and with any medical procedure.