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So who here will agree to their teenagers being vacc'd if a vaccine is approved for 12-15 year olds? Pfizer has been approved for that age group in the US and it will likely get the same approval here.
 
Slab said:
Guys when you get a covid vaccine do they take the opportunity to also test for the virus?

Not had mine yet and not sure if its done here so just wondered about the UK
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1st one was just the questions, 2nd one was shot with the thermometer gun as well as the questions
 
SaintHacker said:
Who knows? Theres scaremongering on both sides. 'Experts' are saying cases are exponentially rising but for the past twondays they've been down, despite all the extra surge testing and home tests etc, and they've said all along there will be an increase as we open up, so its not unexpected. Hospitalisation doesnt appear to be increasing and that is the main test for reducing restrictions, fingers crossed it stays that way.
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Yep, decision day is the 14th of June. Anything before then is guesswork
 
Ethan said:
So who here will agree to their teenagers being vacc'd if a vaccine is approved for 12-15 year olds? Pfizer has been approved for that age group in the US and it will likely get the same approval here.
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Slightly older but my kids at 19 and 21 have both said they will have it as soon as they are eligible.

It's a tougher decision for younger kids as they are largely untouched by covid. They obviously catch it and pass it on but the effect on them is negligible. I'm pleased mine are passed that group as it isn't a straightforward decision.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Slightly older but my kids at 19 and 21 have both said they will have it as soon as they are eligible.

It's a tougher decision for younger kids as they are largely untouched by covid. They obviously catch it and pass it on but the effect on them is negligible. I'm pleased mine are passed that group as it isn't a straightforward decision.
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Mine are 11 and 13, and the 13-year old has said he wants the vax. i think it is a tricky one because it is as much about risk to others from Covid as risk to self. He recently had the HPV vax, which is even more about benefit to others.

There are some kids who have had a bad course with Covid but it is rather unlikely. Still, I am confident in the vax, and if kids are offered any, it will be one of the mRNAs, which I think are very safe.
 
Agreed, my youngest are 13 and 16, and whilst i wouldn't insist they had it I will encourage them to as we have vulnerable, although fully vaccinated, people in our immediate family
 
Hopefully anti-vax parents won’t be too much of an issue in those twelve and younger, if I’m right about that being the age for informed consent.
 
Kellfire said:
Hopefully anti-vax parents won’t be too much of an issue in those twelve and younger, if I’m right about that being the age for informed consent.
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Can you not be against your young child having the Covid vaccine without being accused of being an anti-vaxxer? My daughter is almost 7, I am not entirely sure that I would have her vaccinated despite her having everything else needed so I’m certainly not an anti-vaxxer.
 
road2ruin said:
Can you not be against your young child having the Covid vaccine without being accused of being an anti-vaxxer? My daughter is almost 7, I am not entirely sure that I would have her vaccinated despite her having everything else needed so I’m certainly not an anti-vaxxer.
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So you’re against her having the vaccine but you’re not anti-vaccine? Seems a bit contradictory to me.
 
Kellfire said:
So you’re against her having the vaccine but you’re not anti-vaccine? Seems a bit contradictory to me.
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Or maybe he would rather wait until the vaccine is fully cleared for young children who currently are in the very lowest risk group. The vaccine is still not approved for children
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Or maybe he would rather wait until the vaccine is fully cleared for young children who currently are in the very lowest risk group. The vaccine is still not approved for children
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That’s a moot point as no one is saying to give children an unapproved vaccine - it’s a given that we’re talking about a legally given dose.
 
Kellfire said:
So you’re against her having the vaccine but you’re not anti-vaccine? Seems a bit contradictory to me.
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I disagree. She’s had every vaccine for things that would cause her serious harm if she caught them. Covid is low risk to her age group so I am yet to be convinced that she would benefit from it. Even if a vaccine was approved for her age group I would still need to give it thought. That doesn’t make me an anti-vaxxer though.
 
road2ruin said:
Can you not be against your young child having the Covid vaccine without being accused of being an anti-vaxxer? My daughter is almost 7, I am not entirely sure that I would have her vaccinated despite her having everything else needed so I’m certainly not an anti-vaxxer.
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I read his post as commenting on parents who were already anti-vax rather than saying that not wanting your kids to have it meant you were anti-vax.

The benefit-risk calculations are different for kids and it is a legitimate position to decide not to go for it for the kids. It won't be approved for age 7 anytime soon, if ever.
 
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Covid irritation - the rather large woman on one of those terrible daytime ITV shows claiming she is worried about having a vaccination because of the miniscule health risk. Outside of scaremongering the more gullible viewers, she's not that worried about being about 10 stone overweight for her own health then ....
 
Pathetic Shark said:
Covid irritation - the rather large woman on one of those terrible daytime ITV shows claiming she is worried about having a vaccination because of the miniscule health risk. Outside of scaremongering the more gullible viewers, she's not that worried about being about 10 stone overweight for her own health then ....
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Public perception of risk is sometimes very unbalanced. People sometimes overvalue unfamiliar risks and massively undervalue familiar ones. I haven't seen this particular Covidiot, but based on your description she need the vax more than most, because if she gets Covid, she will do a lot worse than someone of a healthy weight. She should be pushing her way through the queue like they are running out of sausage rolls at Greggs.
 
Niece works in TV production, mostly on "reality" and documentary stuff. They don't pick their contestants and subjects because they think they'll be good at baking, sewing, dancing, survival or represent the viewing public particularly well.
They pick the ones who will provide the most entertainment as they crash out. I suspect that terrible daytime TV makers apply similar or even more cynical criteria.
 
I think we should have a daytime TV show featuring some of the people on here called "Loose Men" where we make a ton of sexist comments and say stupid inane stuff to try and get ratings. And make sure we get a producer more lenient than Fragger too! :LOL:
 
RichA said:
Niece works in TV production, mostly on "reality" and documentary stuff. They don't pick their contestants and subjects because they think they'll be good at baking, sewing, dancing, survival or represent the viewing public particularly well.
They pick the ones who will provide the most entertainment as they crash out. I suspect that terrible daytime TV makers apply similar or even more cynical criteria.
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Comedian Simon Brodkin (Lee Nelson) generated a character without any talent but ticking all the boxes, nearly made it onto the live shows for BGT but somebody recognised him at the very last hurdle.

One would have thought that with thousands of contestants they could find 20 talented ones a d make the shows good, but that’s obviously not the target. They make more money out of us being angry that Jetward, Wagner, ... are still in there.


In other corona news, I did my 1st ever test last week. That must be the most disgusting thing I have ever done. They were close to get a food sample on top of what they needed.
I am part of some study where I have to fill out a form every week for a year now, and last week came with a test kit for the antibody test.
 
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