Poll - Will your kids get the Covid vaccine?

[ENJDisneyFan]

The FDA is set to extend emergency use authorization of the Pfizer vaccine to 12-15 year old kids as early as next week. I'm curious how everyone is feeling about getting their children vaccinated. Personally I am leaning towards getting it for my 12 and 14 year olds, as I do believe it will be eventually be required for school anyways. But I am definitely more hesitant getting it for my kids than I was for myself.

https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...uthorize-covid-19-vaccine-for-12-15-age-group

 

[PezRuth]

Mine are not eligible yet but once it is available for them absolutely.

 

[DopeyDame]

I chose Yes ASAP because neither of the other two options fit, but... my current plan is to wait until the summer. I don't want him missing school if he has side effects, and he's healthy so I don't feel the need to intensely search for an appointment.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I won't be in any great rush, but eventually.

 

[Castlequeen5]

My older ones have already got their first round. But yes, I’ll definitely take my younger ones when they are eligible.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

As soon as possible. Myself, DH, and my parents have all been vaccinated with no ill effects. All of my extended family has been vaccinated with no ill effects. Tons of friends have had the vaccine with no ill effects.The kids have had all of their childhood vaccines and a flu shot every year with no ill effects.

I look at the odds. (Two people in my my extended family gotten covid, one of them died.)

1 in 100 that you'll die from covid if you get it.
2 in 1 million that you'll die from a covid vaccine.

This is totally selfish on my part. I prefer my odds with the vaccine. Thank you very much. Don't care about you and your herd immunity.

And I don't even care about all the people who won't get vaccinated at this point. You made your bed. Enjoy your ventilator.

 

[kdonnel]

My "kids" have already been vaccinated, but if they were still <16, yes.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

1 in 100 that you'll die from covid if you get it.
2 in 1 million that you'll die from a covid vaccine.

The case fatality rate for children is nowhere near 1 in 100.

You're right that the vaccine presents better odds, but it's nowhere near that drastic.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

As soon as possible. Myself, DH, and my parents have all been vaccinated with no ill effects. All of my extended family has been vaccinated with no ill effects. Tons of friends have had the vaccine with no ill effects.The kids have had all of their childhood vaccines and a flu shot every year with no ill effects.

I look at the odds. (Two people in my my extended family gotten covid, one of them died.)

1 in 100 that you'll die from covid if you get it.
2 in 1 million that you'll die from a covid vaccine.

This is totally selfish on my part. I prefer my odds with the vaccine. Thank you very much. Don't care about you and your herd immunity.

And I don't even care about all the people who won't get vaccinated at this point. You made your bed. Enjoy your ventilator.

I don't disagree with you at all in theory. I too believe that the odds of any long term side effects from the vaccine are much less than the (known) long term effects of Covid - which is why DH and I are also fully vaccinated (with minimal side effects). However, the risks of a child (0-24) dying of Covid is, per the CDC, less than .1% , which makes the decision IMO a little less black and white than it is for adults.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

I don't disagree with you at all in theory. I too believe that the odds of any long term side effects from the vaccine are much less than the (known) long term effects of Covid - which is why DH and I are also fully vaccinated (with minimal side effects). However, the risks of a child (0-24) dying of Covid is, per the CDC, less than .1% , which makes the decision IMO a little less black and white than it is for adults.

That's something like 1 in 100,000 odds for a child with covid.

 

[mjkacmom]

My kids are adults, dd18 and ds18 had one shot, dd20 both, ds24’s first shot is Saturday, dd25 better get vaccinated soon, DH both shots, I’m getting my first today (had covid over 2 months ago). If they were younger, still yes.

 

[Skippy918]

Yes! The only way out of this pandemic is to get more people vaccinated.

 

[monsterkitty]

One of my colleagues is at the very moment researching how she can get her 9 year-old son into the Pfizer trial for younger kids. She is an epidemiologist by trade but went into teaching and she now teaches our STEM forensic science classes.

Another one of our colleagues told us yesterday that his 12 year old son had COVID in April and is now having seizures. This is a person who continually said COVID is just a cold. He and his wife are getting their first shots this week.

 

[2letterwords]

My kids are younger but my husband and I have every intention to have them vaccinated when eligible.

 

[PezRuth]

One of my colleagues is at the very moment researching how she can get her 9 year-old son into the Pfizer trial for younger kids. She is an epidemiologist by trade but went into teaching and she now teaches our STEM forensic science classes.

Another one of our colleagues told us yesterday that his 12 year old son had COVID in April and is now having seizures. This is a person who continually said COVID is just a cold. He and his wife are getting their first shots this week.

I tried to get my 10 year old into the trial but we do not live anywhere near where the trials are happening.

 

[Gf77]

I will consider vaccinating my children when phase IV trials are over and they have 5-10 years of safety data.

 

[Colleen27]

DD12 will get hers as soon as possible.

I have a friend whose daughter, same age as mine, is currently hospitalized with MIS-C and another whose slightly younger son is dealing with serious long-term issues (seizures, memory deficits) that started when he had covid last fall. I'm definitely more uneasy with the prospect of the kids being among the first to get it than I am with "going first" myself, but when weighing it against the known risks of covid I still feel like the vaccine is the less risky path. I'm also hoping it will help DD start to move past the anxiety she's developed over the past year, though I suspect that's going to be a "long haul" situation of another sort.

ETA: Both of my adult children are already fully vaccinated.

 

[aprilchem]

Yes! I have 11, 14, and 15 year olds. We will get them all vaccinated as soon as we possibly can. Our 15 year old is the first priority - he's starting a summer job soon. I'm hoping he can get vaccinated next week if it's approved and that I can get him the J&J vaccine so he'll be fully vaccinated by the time he starts working.

 

[daisy2013]

Mine turn twelve over the summer. I already told them to expect a vaccine the day after their birthdays

 

[Colleen27]

Yes! I have 11, 14, and 15 year olds. We will get them all vaccinated as soon as we possibly can. Our 15 year old is the first priority - he's starting a summer job soon. I'm hoping he can get vaccinated next week if it's approved and that I can get him the J&J vaccine so he'll be fully vaccinated by the time he starts working.

Just so you know, right now only Pfizer is seeking approval for use in kids 12+. J&J hasn't gotten that far in their trials (which I haven't really heard much about, maybe because the focus has been on their production issues and then on the pause), so there's no way to know how long it might be before a single-dose vaccine is approved for use in teens.