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Vaccine for children

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lollipoprainbow · 29/03/2022 11:42

I was set against my nearly 10 year old dd having the vaccine mainly due to her being autistic and not coping well with having it. However having seen how poorly she has been with Covid this week I'm reconsidering but don't know for sure what I should do. What do others think?

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HSHorror · 29/03/2022 13:53

I dont know but gov are really dragging their feet. Although are you saying she can have it already?

Im vaccinating mine despite them just having covid. My 9yo wasnt that ill but felt really strange and might have had a few days off. Nausea, head weird, very very slight temp.

What severe symptoms did yours have?

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lollipoprainbow · 29/03/2022 13:57

@HSHorror well she's autistic so every tiny symptom is a big deal for her !! Severe headache, nausea, raging hot and sore throat. She's eating toast in bed now and has her appetite back so I'm hoping she's slowly on the mend.

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HSHorror · 29/03/2022 14:06

I know what you mean. Both of mine overreact to being ill. (Quite probably asd) and thats why they had the chicken pox vax dd2 would have picked them off and both are awful taking meds. I also find it affects dd1 behaviour even if she seems ok

axolotlfloof · 29/03/2022 15:17

There seems to be very limited info about the benefits for children.
Would your child have been less ill if they had had a vaccine?
I really don't know.

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lollipoprainbow · 29/03/2022 15:29

@axolotlfloof exactly, I'm just not sure.

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DrelasSkills · 29/03/2022 15:33

I'm almost the opposite in that my DC have had it twice but thankfully both times very mild.

But I'll still get them vaccinated. The more vaccines the better in terms of how much it'll spread.

Cherropea · 29/03/2022 15:47

My 10 year old had it in February and was mildly poorly for a couple of days. She is registered disabled as she has Global Developmental Delay but is otherwise physically healthy and rarely gets a cold. She won't be getting vaccinated, as don't feel the risks outweigh the benefits for her.

axolotlfloof · 29/03/2022 15:50

@DrelasSkills

I'm almost the opposite in that my DC have had it twice but thankfully both times very mild.

But I'll still get them vaccinated. The more vaccines the better in terms of how much it'll spread.

But is that true for young children? By how much does it reduce the spread? I haven't noticed any difference among the 12 year olds we know who are vaccinated, or not, or already have had covid, but obviously that's not statistically significant.
Thewindwhispers · 29/03/2022 15:53

We had covid recently. DH and I are vaccinated but DD8 is not. She felt awful, feverish for days, still not feeling right weeks later, DH and I were pretty much fine (he had mild flu symptoms I was almost asymptomatic). I felt so guilty to be protected against a disease that my child hadn’t been protected from.

Previously I’d have declined a vaccination for her but I’ll accept now. As she gets older she’s only going to suffer more severely with it.

Cornettoninja · 29/03/2022 15:58

Cards on the table I have said that I would vaccinate dd (6) for a while now. She’s just had covid (second day testing positive) and has been much iller than I expected her to be; I honestly thought she’d be bouncing off the walls but she’s justifiably off school ill. Not at the point of seeing a dr ill though.

She’s had mostly really uncomfortable gastro symptoms but also moderate fatigue, aches and pains and her sense of smell is completely screwed making most of her favourite foods/drinks off limits, and she just looks pale and completely drained. It’s not much but it’s hard watching a six year tottering round so frail.

I’m pretty pissed off that so far we’ve had no access to a vaccine that was approved weeks ago and potentially could have saved her a lot of distress and discomfort. Covid was steaming through schools before omicron, it’s not like those with the power to make it available didn’t know that. They’ve deliberately put up obstacles to protect my child and I resent them for that massively.

It’s not like I can obtain a vaccine privately or take her out of school without risking a massive fine or giving up my job to homeschool. As far as I’m concerned DD’s health has been purposefully put at risk by not allowing her access to a vaccine.

Cornettoninja · 29/03/2022 15:59

Sorry - second day testing negative!

Friolero · 29/03/2022 16:49

My 10 year old has had the first dose of the vaccine, as he’s eligible due to his disability. He was absolutely fine after the vaccine, no side effects at all.

He’s since caught covid and it was very mild for him and he bounced back very quickly. Clearly it’s very mild for a lot of kids anyway, but I was glad he’d at least had one dose. I’ll be getting the second in a few weeks when it’s due.

boobot1 · 29/03/2022 16:53

@lollipoprainbow

I was set against my nearly 10 year old dd having the vaccine mainly due to her being autistic and not coping well with having it. However having seen how poorly she has been with Covid this week I'm reconsidering but don't know for sure what I should do. What do others think?
Surely if she has has covid, she is a level of immunity
axolotlfloof · 29/03/2022 17:01

Your last link states this:
"Vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 who are not in a clinical risk group is not expected to have an impact on the current wave of Omicron infection. The potential benefits from vaccination will apply mainly to a future wave of infection; the more severe a future wave, the greater the likely benefits from vaccination. Conversely, the less severe a future wave, the smaller the likely benefits from vaccination."

I can read but the actual information is pretty limited.

Your US FDA link states:
Ages 12 through 15.
The FDA has given emergency use authorization to a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for this age group. This vaccine involves two shots. The second dose can be given three to eight weeks after the first dose. It contains the same dose as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people ages 16 and older. Research has shown that this vaccine is 100% effective in preventing COVID-19 in children ages 12 through 15.

However I know lots of double jabbed teenagers with covid.

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7111e1.htm?msclkid=c9057beaaf7811ec858cd89c436ee4cc
says
"Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduced the risk of Omicron infection by 31% among children aged 5–11 years and by 59% among persons aged 12–15 years."

Clear info for children is hard to find (probably because we don't know yet).

For clarity my children have currently had 1 jab (12 and 14) so I am not "an anti-vaxxer".

Givemeallthegin8 · 29/03/2022 17:29

I’m in Ireland so vaccines available for months now for 5-12.
I still haven’t gotten it for dd’s,
9 year old had Covid a few months ago and had no symptoms.
The majority of dds class are vaccinated as are friends children . None had side effects apart from sore arm .
I just can’t make my mind!

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