Vaccinating healthy 11 year old

Hocuspocusandfairies · 2022-02-04T12:32:28+00:00

Can I please ask you all whether you'd get your healthy 11 year old vaccinated as my son has come home with a letter and I've no idea what to do.

Blubells · 04/02/2022 12:39

Do you really think asking random internet users is the right approach?

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Hocuspocusandfairies · 04/02/2022 13:02

Bluebell, I only wanted to ask whether other posters have chosen to vaccinate their child. I'm weighing up the pros and cons and this board has been informative. It doesn't mean I will do what other posters say or do.

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WineGetsMeThroughIt · 04/02/2022 13:03

Nope. Wouldn't do it. The risks both known and unknown are too great for me. Almost every child has or will have had corona and the side effects of the virus on them are minimal. Most don't even know they've got it u less they're tested for it.

Ask yourself - five years ago would you have made your child have a vaccine against an illness like a cold? And a vaccine that doesn't even prevent them from catching or passing that cold on? We've been conditioned now to this the vaccine is something every age group needs. At first it was something just got the immune suppressed, then the older generation, then 50+, then 40+, etc. It's madness.

10 years ago children weren't getting the flu vaccine and now they're trying to push it on every age group. Totally unnecessary. But that's just my view and I'm very aware people have differing views on this so ultimately it's up to you. But personally I think it's just bonkers to subject your child to a new vaccine that has not been in trials long enough to prove it's safe in young children. There are no long term findings because they simply don't exist. But there are short term findings showing the vaccine increases the risk or myocarditis in young males.

ASimpleLobsterHat · 04/02/2022 13:03

I have a just turned 12 and I’m not vaccinating him. He had covid before Christmas and it was just like a 48 hour bug for him. I might feel differently if he hadn’t had covid already and I therefore didn’t know how he would react to it.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 04/02/2022 13:04

Nope. This is all on its way out and if he did get it the risks are minuscule at that age.

Acheyknees · 04/02/2022 13:05

Aren't most people 'healthy' who have been vaccinated? What are your concerns?

eejervis · 04/02/2022 13:07

Yes, my healthy almost 11yo will be vaccinated as soon as she turns 12 if it doesn't become available before.

I trust vaccines, which is why she has the flu one each year and why we had her vaccinated against chickenpox when she was little.

Why would you want a child to be ill? Even mild illnesses are disruptive in terms of time off school, parent needing time off work, having to avoid vulnerable relatives etc. DD caught covid before Xmas and she was fine within 48 hours but it mucked up our Xmas plans not to mention worrying that CV DH would catch it.

DH does have it now and we suspect hers was delta and his omicron, so there's the worry that she will be reinfected and have to miss school. I really wish we'd had the opportunity to get her jabbed already.

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Hocuspocusandfairies · 04/02/2022 13:08

It's the letter that states about vaccinating healthy children so I'm just using their wording. I don't mean it derogatory. My concerns are when vaccinating children was first mentioned, it wasn't advised and now they're recommending it. My son had covid which I think was the delta variant last year and was fine.

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dementedpixie · 04/02/2022 13:10

I didn't think it was being offered to the age group yet unless in a vulnerable category

MrHavelIsHot · 04/02/2022 13:10

My youngest is a couple of years older so we let her decide for herself. I didn’t really worry about what decision she made as the chances of any serious issues from either the vaccine or covid are so tiny.

WineGetsMeThroughIt · 04/02/2022 13:12

@eejervis

Yes, my healthy almost 11yo will be vaccinated as soon as she turns 12 if it doesn't become available before.

I trust vaccines, which is why she has the flu one each year and why we had her vaccinated against chickenpox when she was little.

Why would you want a child to be ill? Even mild illnesses are disruptive in terms of time off school, parent needing time off work, having to avoid vulnerable relatives etc. DD caught covid before Xmas and she was fine within 48 hours but it mucked up our Xmas plans not to mention worrying that CV DH would catch it.

DH does have it now and we suspect hers was delta and his omicron, so there's the worry that she will be reinfected and have to miss school. I really wish we'd had the opportunity to get her jabbed already.

You do realise that they can still catch it very easily even with the vaccine, which would still mean they miss school and it would have the same impact on your life whether they were or weren't vaccinated right

TinaYouFatLard · 04/02/2022 13:14

No. My 13 year olds have not been vaccinated. The vaccine does not prevent infection or transmission, it reduces the severity of symptoms. Children only experience mild symptoms anyway so I do not think the risk/benefit works in favour of vaccinating all healthy children - the JCVI agreed with this.

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Hocuspocusandfairies · 04/02/2022 13:14

Demented pixie, this is the letter. Sorry it's creased. That is how it came out of my son's bag...

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TheChip · 04/02/2022 13:14

Nope.

BuickMcKane · 04/02/2022 13:17

No

Iggly · 04/02/2022 13:20

It just means children with no underlying conditions.

We have had our 12 year old vaccinated. He has no underlying conditions that we know of. He’s also dodged covid all this time despite being among people who’ve had it.

I feel happier knowing he’s had it than throwing him to a novel virus quite frankly

dementedpixie · 04/02/2022 13:21

Is it not age 12+ with no underlying conditions that are being vaccinated just now? Is he 12 soon?

ReadtheFT · 04/02/2022 13:22

No, same as flu vaccine. It is not a danger to them so why would i have them do it? Not to miss a few days of school in winter? I can live with that.

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Hocuspocusandfairies · 04/02/2022 13:23

No I think it includes under 12s now. They've done the 12 and overs at his school already.

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eejervis · 04/02/2022 13:23

@WineGetsMeThroughIt

The vaccine does reduce the risk of both catching and transmitting covid.

The difference here is I'm not worried about the vaccine so the benefits far outweigh the risks as far as I'm concerned..

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Hocuspocusandfairies · 04/02/2022 13:23

He's 12 in August

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Snoopsnoggysnog · 04/02/2022 13:23

So no one on this thread planning to take their DC abroad this year then

TheChip · 04/02/2022 13:25

@Snoopsnoggysnog

So no one on this thread planning to take their DC abroad this year then

We have never been abroad and don't have any plans on it in the future.

Teenylittlefella · 04/02/2022 13:25

My 11 year old is immunosuppressed and has very recently become eligible for a vaccine (we haven't yet heard from GP to book it though). They are given 1/3 adult dose of Pfizer. Healthy 11 year olds are not yet eligible. Letter must be a mistake?