One year old imms today do I don't I

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Normally I am someone who vaccinates and finds it crazy that some parents do not however my one year old has her immunisations today and don't think I can take her.

With everything going on I just feel anxious and my biggest thing is that she may have a temperature this evening which is normal of these injections but I am worried I am going too be thinking she has this bloody virus.

Her sister had a reaction to these immunisations four years ago and came out in big welts all over her body and we took her to A&E, she was fine and normally I wouldn't worry as feel the pros for having these kind of things out weighs any cons but I I don't want to have to take her to A&E the way things are at the moment if she was to have a reaction like her sister or a temperature I couldn't get down.

I am trying to control what might happen and how anxious I will be later. I was going to cancel when the nurse made me second guess myself as she said the rates for children getting measles etc is higher than coronavirus although she was understanding.

I'm just sitting not knowing what to do...

I’d take her, Covid is a prime example of why immunisations are so important!

She could fall over and need A&E treatment and you wouldn’t think twice about taking her then would you? I knows it’s a scary time, but she does need to be protected from other illnesses as well.

I personally would wait (and I'm very pro vax and work in public health). Children don't just start magically needing vaccinations as soon as they turn 1. She's needed them all along, but wasn't eligible to receive them. If you've made it a whole year going about normal life, coming in contact with lots of potentially infected people, then she'll be fine to wait a month or two while you are presumably mostly at home having little contact with anyone else. My work is in an NHS clinic and we have cancelled all but our urgent face to face appointments, even blood results for people with serious illnesses can wait a month or two at our site. Jabs are really important, but it's normal for all children to have them a little late for lots of reasons (ds's were over a month late because the nurse had to cancel and re-schedule on us twice). The only reason I would do anything different is if you are yourself a key worker in a health care setting where you are already exposed to CV regularly or could also bring home measles, etc.

Do it, please. We don’t need other illnesses spreading in the beast future

We are still going ahead with ours. It's pretty much the only thing our GP's surgery is open for, which I think is a measure of how important they are. We are already late with ours due to scheduling issues so I don't want to delay it any further.

Thanks for your replies I work in a hospital but not face to face with patients more ward clerks based. This coronavirus thing has really thrown me but I do understand the importance of these vaccinations

No I wouldn’t. It’s not necessary and the risk of side effects could put pressure on NHS staff or cause you to put yourself or her at higher risk of covid19 by needing to seek medical help.

Of course it's necessary. The immunisations protect against things far worse than covid.

My dd had her 16 week imms a week or two ago, she did have a temp, but it was fine, we managed it with calpol. I just think now more than ever it's important to give kids the best possible protection against illnesses.

This is the very definition of necessary - Practices have been told that Imms must continue as vital. We can stop other routine stuff, but not childhood vaccinations.
Please take her, I know it's scary but the Practice will have adaptations in place to make it as safe an environment as it can be

PHE is telling people they should still get childhood immunisations done

I guess that’s because the very last thing we need now is a ad year for measles or whooping cough

I am taking my girl for her 12 week ones in 2 weeks time - I can guarantee the situation will be much worse by then but she will 100% be getting the jabs. I completely understand where you are coming from as I am an anxious person too. But we don't know how long this is going to last for yet and the jabs are so important! The surgeries are probably doing much more to ensure that they have no signs of the virus.