When they say that 5-11 year olds can have the vaccine.. will your 5-11 year old be having it?

[Dayrider]

They have put this through in USA so guessing it will come soon here.
I would have it for my DD but my husband doesn’t want her to.
What are you going to do?

@StarryNightSky26

No way. I declined the appointment for my 13 year old so there's no chance I'd give it to my younger dc.

The recent developments...people now needing to have three or even four jabs and even so no one really knows how effective they'll be in future - has made me very glad we declined it for 13 year old. I'm far more comfortable waiting.

Kids have multiple series of the same vaccinations as babies - that’s not new

Children are expected to take the risk from the vaccine to give benefit to adults. I think that’s unethical and wrong. Adults should be the ones protecting the children, not the other way around.

Good point - if all of the adults that were eligible for the vaccination had had it as soon as they could, then we might not be needing children to have it now. Yet, here we are and we vaccinate babies all the time for other diseases.

Yes definitely. Quite a few European countries vaccinating 5 - 12 year olds now, Italy started yesterday.

Kokeshi123

While long COVID in kids does mercifully appear to be rare based on the good quality studies done in the last few months, there are enough reports of adversely affected smell and taste, to make me feel that I want my kids jabbed. I think it would be horrible for a child to experience that symptom for, maybe, several months.

It’s funny how different people weigh up risk and benefit. I would rather my child lose her sense of taste and smell for several months than risk heart damage, blood clots, or damage to her nervous system...no matter how small that risk. She has already had COVID and had no lasting effects whatsoever (unlike myself...still not quite recovered my sense of smell).

I live somewhere where it is already available. Both of my kids have had it. Aside from avoiding long covid and reducing it spreading generally through society, for me one of the main upsides is that it means it's much less likely schools close.

user1477249785

I live somewhere where it is already available. Both of my kids have had it. Aside from avoiding long covid and reducing it spreading generally through society, for me one of the main upsides is that it means it's much less likely schools close.

Why does it make schools less likely to close? It barely lowers transmission and school closures seem to be based on numbers of cases which continue to be high among vaccinated people.

We won't be vaccinating our children. Both had Covid in October. Virtually symptomless, and absolutely no lasting effects.

It seems many many parents will vaccinate their children just to be able to travel again. That is a terrible reason.

I agree - of people here weren't vaccinating then other countries would have to offer a test option for dc instead as they need UK tourism.

Personally no I won't be jabbing my dc. They both currently have covid and you'd never know. Not a single symptom, it was picked up on dd1's Lee activity ltf. In fact dd2 is healthier than normal as she's one of those kids who has a cold most of the winter and a back ground cough most of the year that's worse in winter. Bizarrely that's not even there and I've not heard her sniff or cough for days. The illness risks to my dc simply don't outweigh those of the vaccine.

No. Not unless he wants it.

Nope - the current vaccines are out of date and they didn't work to stop transmission anyway. People say they stop you getting seriously ill but viruses mutate and so become less potent over time anyway so whether less hospital admissions is down to the vaccine or nature is debatable.

Yes, they have had all other childhood vaccines as well as vaccines required for travel to some countries we've been to, no reason not to have this one.

Yes but not lightly.

Yes, we all had covid in nov and dd(5) was extremely poorly for 10days

Nearly 5 year old yes she will be.

I wonder how many people who say no now will change their mind if they can't go on a summer holiday etc...... we live in a selfish society now and I really hate it. People will only do it when it directly affects their lifestyle not a communities health.

I'm in the US and my 7 yo has had it. Didn't hesitate. My 3 yo will get it as soon as he's eligible. It's the best protection we have along with masking and social distancing.

Not straight away - although I have a year until the oldest is 5.

I'm waiting for things like this;
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.10.21267408v1

To be reviewed, but it seems from the data on adolescents that the vaccine isn't effective for long.

I'm not at all anti vaccination but we all seem to forget that the NHS is a finite resource. Already the booster drive means a lack of GP appointments and while I'm booked in for mine, I'm not really sure about the opportunity cost and the real financial cost to the NHS of doing this if the protection only lasts a few weeks.

I can't say yes or no until I really understand the full picture.

My kids have had every other vaccine, I've even paid for chicken pox ones, I'm just not sure of the data for this one.

@ItsSnowJokes

I wonder how many people who say no now will change their mind if they can't go on a summer holiday etc...... we live in a selfish society now and I really hate it. People will only do it when it directly affects their lifestyle not a communities health.

So? My 8 year old child is not responsible for the "community's health." I've had the vaccines myself to protect others but I'm not putting that on my child, so if I vaccinate him it will only be if it benefits him.

Vaccine doesn't stop the spread (clearly!) and kids that age do not get it bad so I do not see the benefit - I'd rather wait and see if this vaccine has any long term affects in kids before I even consider it.

11yo and 9yo and I will let them have it as soon as it's available.

I have very willingly and gladly been jabbed and boosted.

But it sent my periods haywire - I track my periods on an app; I’ve been following my cycles for the past 10 years through TTC/pregnancy/bfing delays so I know that my 27/28/29 day cycle is “me” and for me to suddenly become a 22 day cycle from the month I get jabbed…? And it they can do that, despite the fact it’s dismissed as an issue everywhere, then I really struggle with not knowing long term effects.

And I know the problems with anecdata and that this may not be a rational response

Not sure.

I would consider it for Delta I think. (Was previously a no)

For Omicrom I want to see how effective it is. My kids are unlikely to be ill with Covid. So it's all about stopping them catching it. And if the vaccine doesn't do that, then I am not sure there is much point.

No no no and no!
Still nice to know the general hysteria is getting lots of MNetters to now consider it. I look forward to next Xmas “are you vaccinating your newborns”.
If it was 1 vaccine that protected against covid fine- but it’s 3-4 jabs and counting within the space of a yr- unexplained affects on periods and heart muscles. Nope! I carry social responsibility, my children don’t!

@Driposaurus I've had a similar experience - two of my cycles post jab were only 11 days long and so heavy I thought something was wrong. A couple were 21 and similarly ridiculously heavy. I've only just yesterday got to my normal 30 cycle after the second jab in July and my booster is on Wednesday.

If I have the same experience again then I'm not sure I would be willing to get boosted a couple of times a year as the data suggests will be necessary.

Not a chance!