To other parents of unvaccinated children in UK - preschool/school question

[puddymuddles]

Our two children have not received any vaccinations and I wondered if I should tell DD1s pre school this as she is due to start in September. They have not asked and it is not on any of the forms I have filled in. Are any vaccinations actually done on the premises at pre school or school? I remember when I was at school some vaccinations were done at school rather than in GPs surgery. Advice from others in same position would be helpful.

How on earth does a vaccination programme make an illness less harmful?

There is no point in informing them because there is nothing they can do with the information. Its not something they would record.

Vaccines do not make things less harmful.

Anyone can develop an allergy to anything at any time.

Now that's out of the way.

I think you should tell them because if your child becomes ill do you want them to assume it can't be measles or rubella or do you want them to consider what any rash is?

Also with the rubella, most nursery workers are young women, they might want to keep away from your child if they are trying to conceive / pregnant.

You do seem to be massively informed about vaccines though puddymuddles. A reaction to a jab is not vaccine damage, vaccine damage is permanent. In fact a reaction to a vaccine is how they work. As for catching a disease for an unvaccinated child, no it is not 'likely' it is very very unlikely.

My ds developed a nut allergy at the age of 4 around the time his preschool boosters were due. In those days it was the summer before they start reception. One weekend he developed allergies to sesame and pecan, reactions on friday and sunday. If he had his booster that week many would have made a connection, instead of seeing it for the coincidence it was.
For some reason they missed the notification and he didnt get his boosters until the week of his 5th birthday, 3 months after the allergy.

I have permanent damage from whooping cough. The disease not the vaccine - my mum fell for the scare stories at the time. This was 1984. Shame these dangerous myths are still doing the rounds.

Yr9 DS was only offered boosters at local surgery & not at school, maybe it varies by local policy whether in school or doctor surgery. We easily could have declined without even telling him if we wanted.

HPV jab in school is in year 8, you don't need to worry about it for another 7-9 yrs at least. How will you react if your DD chooses that she wants the HPV jab in year 8, though? Make sure you're ready, perhaps.

What happens when unvaccinated children go to school & Club residentials, like with Brownies, Cubs or Cadets? Does anyone know? Only those groups always ask about tetanus vaccinations. I presume they rarely turn anyone away, it's just so they are more informed perhaps?

lljkk, I think cubs etc, just have a standard form that asks about tetanus etc. I don't think they are bothered about the answers tbh. I just put a line straight through that section and no one has ever questionned it.

One thing to remember which alot of people forget is immunization does NOT equal prevention.... Whether a child has had a vaccination or not doesn't mean they're putting any other child any less or any more 'at risk' of exposure. The unvaccinated children arnt bringing the disease. I'm sorry but the child that isn't vaccinated isn't the disease so why do they need to be treated that way? I wouldn't bother telling them unless they ask, because if anything (comming from pro immunization) the unvaccinated children would be in the same boat as the kids with low immunity because they claim children need these vaccines to strengthen Thier immunity from the diseases...

That post doesn't make a great deal of sense ThaSickest3.

Unvaccinated children are categorically NOT in the same position as 'kids with low immunity'. Whereas most healthy unvaccinated children who contract a vaccine-preventable illness will be absolutely fine and recover well, children with compromised immune systems cannot fight the disease effectively and may die as a consequence.

And by what warped logic does vaccination not equal prevention?! That's what vaccination's for.