What will the future look like for unvaccinated teens?

[TravellingSpoon]

Do you think that restrictions will coe into force, especially for foreign travel, and will those restrictions still be in place in 4 or so years when the teenagers become adults?

DS will not have the vaccine. He has severe autism and LD and I know he wont have it. He had some dental work last year under a GA and had to have Midazolam as a seditive so they could get a canula in. He completely refused the HPV vaccine and ended up trashing the medical room in panic.

My main concern is that his Dad (my Ex-H) is planning on moving abroad and so he will need to travel to spend time with him over the summer, but I have other concerns about what might happen if restrictions for unvaccinated teens come into place.

Sorry for the dumb thread but I am anxious.

Nobody knows but check the current rules of the country your husband live. I would not worry so much as there is not point.

@Avarua

I think your ex is a jerk for moving to a holiday country when you have a person with autism and LD to jointly care for. Do YOU get to move to a holiday country? No? Why? It seems so unfair of him.

He doesnt jointly care for him, he sees him for a week or so a couple of times a year. Its unfair but its just how it is, and I am trying to facilitate any contact I can.

@bumbleymummy

It’s not ‘plenty’ of countries or many specific vaccines. Pretty much the only example is the yellow fever vaccine which has a much higher IFR and is required for very few countries and certainly not to try to go to the cinema/out for a meal.

I do think countries will start loosening their entry requirements. If the virus is endemic and people aren’t going to be having boosters every few months, it just becomes more and more pointless.

Hepatitis, meningitis, yellow fever, polio - depending on where you want to go, plus plenty of others that are recommended even if not manadatory (and may well affect your travel insurance if you don’t bother).

If you can’t get into the country without a particular vaccine you won’t be going out for any meals or cinema trips so a somewhat unnecessary quip.