Vaccinating kids

[Hotcoffee10]

Just wondering, now it is clear that the vaccine does not provide long term protection is everyone still keen to vaccinate their kids? I was okay with DD having one (she is 12) but yearly injections for the rest of her life doesn’t sit well with me. Covid is presumably not going to magically vanish - so it seems once they have a jab there will be pressure to get it again next year. Anyone got any thoughts?

@CarrieBlue

I’ve never been asked for proof that my DC have been vaccinated against measles or Polio before travelling.

Both diseases (especially polio) are all but eradicated, thanks to vaccines. Depending where you travel to you are asked for proof of certain vaccinations. If you don’t want whichever vaccination and that restricts where you can travel to, then tough, you can’t go there. That’s the consequence of your decision and should play a part in what you decide to do.

Actually people of many countries are asked for polio, TB, and meningitis vaccination proofs. Just not British people. Because Britain is not considered a country where these diseases are rampant. The same does not apply to Covid.

DS gets a flu vaccine every year. So do I. Don't see a problem.

The same does not apply to Covid.

I don’t understand?

What part? I am saying that Covid is rampant in the UK so one can hardly complain that other countries require proof of vax or tests.

@MareofBeasttown - oh, ok, thought you meant covid shouldn’t need vaccine proof which seemed at odds with the rest of your post - totally agree with you!

[quote Hotcoffee10]@Tailendofsummer that’s new this year. Used to be just at risk secondary age kids who got it.[/quote]
Oh, the irony of happily accepting nasal flu spray for teens is only this year but being convinced kids will have covid vaccines foisted on them every few moths for eternity. What part of us being in the middle of a pandemic are some people incapable of grasping? Why assume what we do now is a prediction of the future? I’m fed up with paranoid twattery.