Would you be happy for your children to receive covid-19 vaccine

Yes, but there is this well-known public health challenge.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6285469/

To the posters who are calling the vaccine hesitant anti-vaxxers do you really believe this to be productive?

Humans don’t operate a hive mind. There are the true anti-vaxxers and the vaccine hesitant and those who will be first to vaccinate. No discussion etc will persuade a true anti-vaxxer However, by having open, honest discussions the vaccine hesitant can come to make the decision to vaccinate their children once they feel they have all available facts.

I believe most parents will eventually vaccinate their children, however a significant cohort may decide to hold off for a few months to see if any issues come to light. Sometimes issues/side effects aren’t spotted straight away. The vaccines in the childhood vaccination program are around a long time now so parents feel comfortable and confident that it’s the best thing for their children. I know parents who are vaccinated themselves who want to hold off on vaccinating their children for now. Others will vaccinate their children as soon as they get the opportunity.

To those saying people have had decades to read up about vaccines. The technology behind vaccines is changing. We have gone from using a virus called vaccinia against smallpox to using mRNA based vaccines against Covid. People should be allowed to ask questions and discuss this without being told they are anti-Baxter’s. I know many just want this pandemic to be over and if that means vaccinating children then they will support that no matter what.

This is me. I don't believe my kids need it. My husband and I are vaccinated but we will be in the wait and see cohort. However my kids are only 8 and 5 so it's a non issue for the moment. The vaccines they get in early childhood have been around for years and have been tried and tested. We also opted to get them vaccinated against Men B as if they were unfortunate to pick that up it could cause brain damage or death. Covid causes very little harm in young children so we will hold out for now.

There’s a big contradiction at play though all of this. As a parent you’re being asked to consider the possible chance that Covid could do serious harm to your healthy child by the very people who are asking you disregard the possibility that a new vaccine could bring harm to your son or daughter.

Is that supposed to be a case for vaccinating children, or against it?

Not clear as it works both ways.

I was all for getting children vaccinated but read on Facebook that it may cause infertility issues later in life.. That's Veery worrying I have to say.. Hopefully that isn't the case

This is us. Both fully vaccinated and most definately not anti-vax.

Our eldest is 12. My anxiety levels are through the roof all day and I feel physically sick at the impending decision and pressure that we are going to come under in the next couple of weeks.

Not being smart - but why do you think I’m getting my information on Facebook?

My concerns are the facts that mRNA is a relatively new vaccine technology. The Covid vaccinations are less than 12 months old and have been trialed on children for even less time.

I just want to wait a bit? For more data? Is that so wrong? Maybe nothing will emerge and I genuinely hope that is the case. But I just want to be 100% sure that the decisions I make for my child now are not going to cause any adverse effects.

For the record, I don’t get my information from Facebook. I will speak with my gp about my concerns and have already done so briefly earlier this year. The advice then was that in their opinion, there was no medical need for our child to be vaccinated.

Oh wow, why didn’t I come to boards sooner!! You’ve extinguished all my concerns and I will be now be first up to register my child for vaccine!

Just as soon as you can show me your medical qualifications that beats our gp - who incidentally has run vaccination clinics from 8am to 11pm for months to get everyone in their practice vaccinated.

Do you really think this is the way to convince the vaccine hesitant?

Edit: to add, NIAC have changed their recommendations on vaccines so many times it’s hard to keep up. And my gp said their is no medical need for our healthy child to be vaccinated. Nothing about vaccine being a risk.

And both ways they contribute to herd immunity anyway!

To be fair, your GP is not a virologist, your GP will be able to give you great advice about risks from vaccines due to other underlying conditions based on data provided with the vaccine, but they won't be able to contradict NIAC with their professional advice as NIAC have both the data and expertise in this area.

Have a read of Mama Doc in Meath. She has done a post this evening on FB on NIAC's decision. She writes in plain no-nonsense English.

We had made up our minds already but it's no harm reading more.