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Teenager doesn't want to have the vaccine

110 replies

poppy1973 · 27/08/2021 17:47

Hi, what would be your opinion if your teenager didn't want to have the covid vaccine ??

I have a really stubborn teenager who doesn't want to go and have the vaccine. Would you tell your child to have the vaccine if they didn't want it ?

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toomuchlaundry · 27/08/2021 19:16

@Againstmachine in what way are they not dropping like flies. Large number of teens are currently poorly with COVID in this area. Large number of young people are getting COVID so large number of workforce are off sick. Think you can use the expression dropping like flies for these situations

Remmy123 · 27/08/2021 19:23

My son doesn't want it - he is nearly 13 and I'm pleased he made that decision

cptartapp · 27/08/2021 19:23

I'd be most worried about their education. Particularly if they're coming up to or are over 18 and are in close contact with a positive case, they'll have to SI if unvaccinated for ten days missing lessons and possibly exams. Vaccinated peers and fellow students won't have to.
Not sure how proactive teachers will be geared up to interactive remote learning for a minority from September.

peboh · 27/08/2021 19:25

Their body, their choice. I wouldn't want my child vaccinated with this vaccine (I myself am fully vaxxed)

kowari · 27/08/2021 19:25

@cptartapp
I thought they only had to isolate if not double jabbed and over 18 and a half? If the teen is in fact an adult then it most definitely has nothing to do with the parent.

Againstmachine · 27/08/2021 19:26

*@Againstmachine in what way are they not dropping like flies. *

You stated they are dropping like flies it support you provide evidence I cannot prove something.

Getting infected isn't dropping like flies.

FindingMeno · 27/08/2021 19:27

No.
Most teenagers are competent to make their own decision.
I would continue to debate with them however.

kowari · 27/08/2021 19:29

Getting infected isn't dropping like flies.
Yes, I was off work with covid because of the rules, I wasn't ill. Are all these young people actually ill?

FAQs · 27/08/2021 19:31

My 17 year old has researched and decided not to have it, it is her choice.

toomuchlaundry · 27/08/2021 19:32

Every teenager I know who has got it currently have been ill with it, not hospital ill but with symptoms.

It is a saying

Someone said it the other day to me when describing the workforce being decimated due to positive cases

Budsaway · 27/08/2021 19:35

My 14 year old got his first vaccine on Wednesday but I would never have forced him to do it. It was his choice.

MissM2912 · 27/08/2021 19:46

1 in 40 people in NI currently has Covid. I would say that is dropping like flies. Most in hospital are unvaccinated young people.

trumpisagit · 27/08/2021 19:47

I am pro vaccination, but I am not sure I want my teen and tween having the vaccine.
The evidence suggests that the tiny risk of side effects is higher than the risk of covid.

kowari · 27/08/2021 19:50

It is a saying
I take it to mean to succumb to an illness, so actually ill, not just a positive test or a few symptoms like I had. That's what I think when I hear it, not just people off work because of isolation rules, so just thinking it could mislead others too, that's all. I try to avoid sayings for that reason.

WaitinginVain · 27/08/2021 19:51

I would have a conversation about it but wouldn't tell them what to do.

ollyollyoxenfree · 27/08/2021 19:52

@poppy1973

Hi, what would be your opinion if your teenager didn't want to have the covid vaccine ??

I have a really stubborn teenager who doesn't want to go and have the vaccine. Would you tell your child to have the vaccine if they didn't want it ?

It would depend why.

I'd point them in the direct of reputable information and double check they hadn't got sucked into misinformation online. If they were still not wanting it then fair enough.

Wellbythebloodyhell · 27/08/2021 21:32

Respect their decision, their body their choice.

freelions · 27/08/2021 21:41

My DS16 is dragging his heels about having the vaccine

I will be encouraging him to have it but will be leaving the final decision up to him

Tbh the main reasons I would prefer him to have it are to minimise risk to his education and increase the possibility of us getting a family ski trip this winter. Purely on a health basis for a 16yo (unless they have a chronic disease or are obese) then there isn't really adequate evidence to push the vaccine.

Inthemuckheap · 27/08/2021 21:50

Their choice as long as they don't expect to visit vulnerable or elderly relative who they could unknowingly infect

Geamhradh · 27/08/2021 21:50

You don't say how old your teenager is. Obviously it's up to them, but as a pp has said, it would concern me that they'd possibly gone down a wormhole of misinformation and scaremongering about the vaccine.

Comedycook · 27/08/2021 21:51

It's up to them. They can always get it in the future if they change their minds

WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly · 27/08/2021 22:02

I would strongly encourage but don’t know how you could force a teenager to have a vaccine they are refusing if they are determined.

worriedatthemoment · 27/08/2021 22:02

Mine are 18 and 16 and if was their choice ( 18 year old was 17 when he had it) 16 year old wasn't sure at first but decided to have it in the end

beigebrownblue · 27/08/2021 22:07

That's fine. But
If you don't want to have an unvaccinated person in your house
especially since you might be clinically vulnerable and so,
and if they got really ill due to not being vacinnated

I would tell them to go live elsewhere.

Teenager or not.

One of two ways.

either they are grown ups and act accordingly and take responsibilty

or they don't

in which case you don't have to live with it.

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