Capital Catch-Up MMR .. through School

[Twiglett]

Anybody else got one of these forms from the school .. you have to consent / or not consent to your child getting vaccinated at school now

what do you think

(It only seems to be for London BTW)

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get this in the leaflet Q&A

My child has had single vaccines. What should I do?
Children who have had the single measles, mumps and rubella vaccines should also have the MMR. This is becauser there is no evidence that some of the single vaccines that have been used give such good protection as the combined MMR vaccine.

FYI Lockets .. DS is 3.9 .. and I'm supposed to consent to in-school vaccination (I don't think so)

We've also opted for sepvax.. but there is no space on the form to record that he is in the process of being immunised so again he will not be part of the immunised stats

F* That to be quite honest, are they hoping parents sign and dont read or are they accidently going to send the whole class in every school for it?

I'll sue their f'in' heads off if they vaccinate DS by accident

scary. the DOH are going mad about mmr uptake. why are they so determined to jab kids who've had sepvax???

Just thinking of the crap adminisration in my dds school....

If you're really worried about crap administration at the school then maybe you could try and keep your child of school for that day?

Better safe than sorry!

that's what I'd be scared of Twiglett.

I think they must be doing it as there is a predicted epidemic of measles this winter isn't there?

How do you predict an epidemic????

Not sure about measles... but I have a friend who is a flu epidemiologist. They look at historical trends/southern hemisphere (for previous season - their winter)/current number of cases etc. It is quite a complicated science.

There is a science to it - remember doing it a bit at college but it is predictable to a certain extent. I was desparate to get ds vaccinated before winter set in but the clinic wouldn't let me as he wasn't 12 months!

I'm with Wheresmyfroggy.
If they give a date, keep him off!
Things like that scare the hell out of me.

is there going to be a mumps epidemic too? dd just had her single jab last week. wonder if she's immune yet....??

BTW, I agree with those that said keep him off that day. Better safe and all that.

Think I might ask them to tell me when it is .. can't believe they are planning on immunising nursery kids without parents present .. as lockets said wouldn't want to be that teacher

I've also discussed it with dh and we would be both ABSOLUTELY FUMING that they were planning to do it that young without parents present. Really shocking .

Is it worth kicking up a stink, Twiglett? Do you think the school really understand the implications?

I can't believe they would vaccinate without consent. If consent isn't given then there is no way they can give it. No need for a day off school?? All that sort of admin would be double checked.

You could make a t-shirt for your child to wear for the day with "no jab for me please" in big letters on the front!

its from the NHS trust .. I don't think the school has much say in the matter TBH

Twiglett,
you don't have to agree to it being done in school, you can choose to take them yourself to the clinic. But there are some parents who would agree to this - perhaps those not motivated enough to go to the clinic to get it done?

i wouldnt send him in, as feelthat supervision would be lower than usual standard as people will need to be dealing with the kids having the jabs.