So how do you feel about the vaccination of babies, pre adolescent kids then......those below 19?
Should they do their bit?
I understand why you’d want your Mum/ Wife protected.
My mums had two doses of Oxford/AZ. My wife two doses of Pfizer, I’ve had one dose of Oxford/AZ. I empathise with those who may query what long term impact it may have but to quote the great John Maynard Keynes “in the long run, we are all dead”.
There are clinical trials underway at the moment for secondary school age kids. From what I gather they are due to report back towards the end of this month/ early June. The daughter of the head of the vaccine roll out for the NHS in England took part in one of those trials. I don’t know for sure but I’m leaning towards it showing efficacy in teenagers.
Younger kids- it’s ethically more difficult to conduct trials in this group. Babies- again it’s the same. I’ve read it at least one case of a baby being born with covid antibodies after the mother was vaccinated in pregnancy. But we have inoculations for lots of diseases, so when the science shows it’s safe, I’m sure they will go that route. As the parent of a 9 year old, and having had covid, the scariest bit for me was when he caught it from us. We obviously all isolated and didn’t venture out til we had the all clear, and mercifully his symptoms were relatively mild but it was worrying nonetheless.
Differential application of the science- that’s where healthcare and politics don’t mix. From the inside (and in England) I think we’ve been v lucky that the fella running the NHS can run rings round the fella running the country. Look at India, Brazil and early on in the US to see what would have happened if he couldn’t.
My old man (god rest his soul) probably had some variant of polio in his early years- I say probably because he grew up in the middle of nowhere in what was then India in the 1930s. He was physically disabled for the rest of his life as a result. Polio these days in the UK at least is pretty much wiped out. No cases since the 80s. That’s singularly down to the vaccine invented in the 50s. Although Pfizer are working on an at home anti viral remedy for covid, I’m pretty sure the only way we get covid to be like polio will be with vaccination. Whether the post covid normal is months or years away depends mostly on (you guessed it) vaccination. I’m not for mandating it’s take up, I’m only lukewarm on vaccine passports (I want to travel). But I do think it’s the best way out.
I am definitely shutting up now. I only originally joined the forum to research my next car(!)