Well, I replied and then realized mine aren’t teens any more— early 20s. One got Moderna #1 last week at wal mart.
my daughter is getting J&J next week at her university and I have to light a fire under the 3rd one to get a shot scheduled.
If I had older teens, absolutely I would get them vaccinated, but you may remember my friends’ 19 year old died from covid last summer and so...... yeah..... I would 100% get mine vaccinated.
My 17 yo son has been vaccinated for a couple of months now. It was recommended for him since he is a cancer survivor. I am going strictly by what his and my doctors recommend. Since this whole thing has gone off the rails politically, I am only trusting our doctors. ETA - his oncologist has a history of not recommending all vaccines and strongly does the COVID vaccine so there's that too.
He was feeling quite bad a couple of days after the 2nd vaccine but fine now.
I remember that @whitewave . He was a triplet, right? Very sad. Did they ever find out if he had any comorbidity issues?
Edit...I know some kids are dying from covid but they find out at the same time that the child had leukemia or some other
comorbidity issue. Very sad either way.
My niece caught covid in college last year. My SIL said colleges were like Covid breeding grounds like everyone at her universityI have a 19 year old college freshman that has 1 in-person class now, and a 17 high school junior who will be returning to school full time in fall, so I definitely want them vaccinated ASAP. They will both be eligible starting 4/15 in CA.
I've brought it up with both of mine and they seem fine with getting the vaccine. To be honest, one doesn't seem to care muchWe have a 15-year-old in our house. He has expressed interest in getting vaccinated and his mother would like him to be vaccinated as well. However, his mother thinks that the only vaccines that are worthwhile are the two dose vaccines, so even if J and J is an option, she'll decline it.
Currently where I live they are not eligible at the age of 15, but once he is eligible I know that he will receive it, pending availability.
I do think that older teenagers should have a choice though. I am friends with some people on social media that have teenagers and they are posting text back and forth with their teenagers about vaccination and some teens are expressing concern or reluctance. Ultimately, it is up to the parent, but I also think it's up to the parent to address the teenagers concerns and allow them to get an appointment with their doctor to go and talk about those concerns before getting the shot, rather than forcing it.
It's off the rails politically. I would trust the recommendation of your child's doctor with this.
Thanks for weighing in @missy ...hopefully, younger teens will be eligible in the next couple of months!I don't have children but my answer would be yes. My sister is going to get my nieces vaccinated as soon as they are eligible. They are 13 and 15.
My daughter just turned 23 and she isn't sure she wants it, she keeps hearing it affects fertility.
We have a 15-year-old in our house. He has expressed interest in getting vaccinated and his mother would like him to be vaccinated as well. However, his mother thinks that the only vaccines that are worthwhile are the two dose vaccines, so even if J and J is an option, she'll decline it.
Currently where I live they are not eligible at the age of 15, but once he is eligible I know that he will receive it, pending availability.
I do think that older teenagers should have a choice though. I am friends with some people on social media that have teenagers and they are posting text back and forth with their teenagers about vaccination and some teens are expressing concern or reluctance. Ultimately, it is up to the parent, but I also think it's up to the parent to address the teenagers concerns and allow them to get an appointment with their doctor to go and talk about those concerns before getting the shot, rather than forcing it.
It's off the rails politically. I would trust the recommendation of your child's doctor with this.
In WA, the parent does not get to decide medical care - and can even be kept completely out of the conversation - once a kid turns 13.
I'm bewildered by this. In the statutory rape thread there were references to studies about the inability of kids in this age range to make mature decisions about consent and yet a state allows a 13 yr old to have total control over medical decisions. Unbelievable.
I'm bewildered by this. In the statutory rape thread there were references to studies about the inability of kids in this age range to make mature decisions about consent and yet a state allows a 13 yr old to have total control over medical decisions. Unbelievable.
I'm bewildered by this. In the statutory rape thread there were references to studies about the inability of kids in this age range to make mature decisions about consent and yet a state allows a 13 yr old to have total control over medical decisions. Unbelievable.
Depending on where they are, it is likely up to the teenager. In WA, the parent does not get to decide medical care - and can even be kept completely out of the conversation - once a kid turns 13.
My daughter just turned 23 and she isn't sure she wants it, she keeps hearing it affects fertility.
Is that WA as in Australia. That's madness.
All mine want the vaccine. Purely for travel and when safe to do so.
Washington state. I know other states have similar. Not sure what each does, but that is for here.
I did see an article yesterday stating that minors (those under eighteen) may need to have written permission from a parent for the COVID vaccine. Not sure how that works with the state law on medical decisions by 13+.
This is a rumor started by a disgruntled, fired Pfizer executive. The two mRNA vaccines are actually two of the "cleanest" vaccines in terms of ingredients because all they have is the components of the lipoprotein envelope and the mRNA strand. MRNA gets transcribed to protein (spike protein) and antibodies are formed to the spike protein. The JJ vaccine is an adenovirus tagged to DNA for the spike protein. The adenovirus gets the DNA into the cells and the mRNA is transcribed and from there it's like the mRNA vaccines.
This is one of the better explanations I've seen on why does not have any effect on fertility (plus it just doesn't make sense - there are no vaccines that affect fertility, just ones that should not be given during pregnancy- live/attenuated virus vaccines) https://edwardnirenberg.medium.com/are-covid-19-vaccines-going-to-cause-infertility-939bbdb62b64