Will you want your child to have vaccine, if they have already had Covid (confirmed via test)

[Yummypancake]

I am wondering if there is much point if my kids have had Covid they should have immunity for 6 months at least. We could then get vaccine for them at that point once more safety data available or once better more long lasting vaccines available.

@Lostinacloud thank you for your posts. You are not alone. It is so hard to go against the official narrative. Don't know where we'd be without brave people like you who challenge it and speak up.

No way.
Better safe than sorry.

I absolutely do believe that we need to protect everyone from Covid and I was so glad to get the vaccine myself. But vaccines for kids who have had Covid, when we already know that the vaccine doesn’t stop transmission. And scientists have already said there is a difficult balance to be made on whether the vaccines are necessary for children. So it does sort of tip in favour of not giving vaccine to already immune children.

@FreshFreesias

No way. Better safe than sorry.

"better safe than sorry" is the kernel of the argument for vaccination

I agree with @Shelddd. Mine won’t be having it.

I have been wondering about whether it would be worth checking antibodies, especially in children, if we want to focus on protecting people with no exposure and no immunity.

It might conceivably be relevant to adverse effects as well.

And I wonder if it could help make the best of the vaccines as a scarce resource,

DD (17) has had covid (in May - confirmed by PCR). She’s already had her first Pfizer vaccine. I’d be happy for DS (15) to have the vaccine too. (He also had covid in May).

I think the reason they would blanketly offer them all children without checking antibodies is because I would logistically complicated and expensive to check antibodies. But on an individual basis for each child it would likely be preferable to know if they have antibodies before the take the vaccine

No, I feel it's safer to wait. DS feels the same way.

You’re not arguing it’s ‘safer to wait’, you’re arguing that it’s safer to catch covid.

@noblegiraffe

You’re not arguing it’s ‘safer to wait’, you’re arguing that it’s safer to catch covid.

We've both had covid already.

My youngest two have both had confirmed Delta within last few months so, no, wouldn't be having a vaccine as well at this stage.

yes, that would offer brilliant protection.

The natural immune response gives a broad spectrum of antibodies against the whole virus particle (especially the parts that are less likely to mutate).

Meanwhile , the vaccines give incredibly potent immune protection in a variety of facets of the immune response but all aimed at the spike.

To me, it’s ideal because my child wouldn’t have had to suffer a particularly bad infection (very poorly) to have benefited from both.

We aren’t arguing it’s safer to catch Covid. If my children hadn’t had Covid I would want to avoid it and get them the vaccine. But they have had it now (thanks to the incompetence of the test and protect system that seems to have given up bothering to contain it). So they should be immune now.

I expect once they have decided the agenda is vaccinating children there will be a load of news articles about the dangers of long Covid in children. And we are all supposed to forget about the articles last week which said long Covid was rare, please put your children back to school.

Mine in the 12-15 age group have had covid (delta), so I'm wondering if this shifts the balance of effectiveness vs risk of the vaccine for them. I need to do more reading I think.

Nomorescreentime it’s going to be a difficult question to find answer to unfortunately I think

Yes. DS13 had covid in Jan 2021. He says he wants the vaccine when offered and I support his decision.

@Nomorescreentime
I found this useful on reinfections. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveycharacteristicsofpeopletestingpositiveforcovid19uk/28july2021#reinfections-of-covid-19-uk
..the number of reinfections is low overall, and reinfections with a high viral load (which are more likely to cause illness) are even lower.

In my humble opinion (if mumsnet allow me to express an opinion not supported by Pfizer) it is ludicrous that we are even discussing this topic quite frankly.
Experts from the Country’s actual vaccine and immunity committee have used all of their experience, training, knowledge, research, real world data and perhaps even considered actual science and have ruled against vaccinating 12-15 year olds. END OF STORY.

Well it should be, except the powers that be don’t like the answer and so it is looking likely to be overruled.
What’s the point of having these expert committees in place of a government can just come along and overrule it if they don’t like the answer?
And doesn’t that make a few more of you question what is going on in the Country when this is even possible and even reported as entirely normal?

@Lostinacloud
Am with you….as I keep saying, there is only a certain amount of times you can say that something doesn’t make sense…
Dangling carrot from day 1!

My DC had Covid in the summer. She is 11. I am hoping the vaccine will be available to her by the time she is 12 and I would want her to have it. She wasn't particularly unwell with the Covid but I don't know how long the immunity lasts or how badly she could get it if she catches it in the future. I also feel it opens up her options for travel etc.