DS mistakenly offered Covid jab

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He has no long-term health conditions and hasn't seen GP for ages. I don’t remember him missing school at all, including during the pandemic, except isolating as a close contact. Never caught covid or at least never displayed any symptoms despite multiple exposures.
He does have a minor anatomical organ abnormality that will never require any adjustment or treatment (we’ve had one consultant appointment many years ago and got discharged). We’ve been assured that he’s to be regarded as a child who has no health issues and he is not under any review. So why is he being offered a covid jab at the age of 9? I’m not CEV either.
I’m fully vaccinated including booster but I feel uneasy about how simple it is for them to make a mistake and offer the jab to someone who does not need it. I declined the invitation online (arrived by text). Will I get any further communication? Anyone in the same boat?

My 12yr old ds has been offered 2 jabs (when is age was only offered one). The reasoning was because he is autistic. I have no idea how that makes him more vulnerable. I wouldn’t worry. Take it up if you want it, ignore if you don’t

He's being flashed up on the computer as a potential candidate. I've seen adults called for a fourth jab who did not need it, but because their GP had historical records that had not been updated.

You can either ignore the invite, or go and be frank with the admins at the vaccination centre. The clinicals at the vaccination centre will approve it or not.

@Sunshinedreaming2022

My 12yr old ds has been offered 2 jabs (when is age was only offered one). The reasoning was because he is autistic. I have no idea how that makes him more vulnerable. I wouldn’t worry. Take it up if you want it, ignore if you don’t

Research suggests people with autism are at greater risk of severe disease / complications from COVID.

drexel.edu/now/archive/2021/August/Autistic-Individuals-Increased-Risk-of-COVID-19/

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7261065/

@bagofconkers I believe the increase risk was more due to the higher chance of close contact and being unable to social distance. Not for any actual medical risk as such. My ds although has a diagnosis, has no ehcp, no TA, just attends a regular high school and is pretty normal in most respects - he just cannot get to grips with the idea that I am not utterly obsessed with Roblox like he is. When I initially got the letter I actually thought it was because he was mixed race and that being identified as his increased risk, but nope, it’s the asd

I feel uneasy about how simple it is for them to make a mistake and offer the jab to someone who does not need it.

Tbh, it's not a mistake that you need to worry about, it's just his record was in the system, isn't it? In other countries, they offer vaccines to 5-11. It's not like he was offered something that is harmful if he was healthy.

@Sunshinedreaming2022 The second link I posted mentions connections between autism and abnormal immune function: "...ASD has been correlated with abnormal immune function, including cytokine dysregulation, inflammation and the presence of autoantibodies"

People with autism are also more likely to have co-existing medical conditions which can affect risk (this is also discussed in the second link).