The Australian border will reopen on 15 December, and appointments for Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5-11 years will officially begin in late December amid a large number of arrivals and an increasing number of cases of the mutant strain Omicron. After waiting for months, the children's "golden bell cover" is really coming, but Chinese parents have begun to hesitate and have different attitudes.
"I don't want to 'run naked back to school' and I don't want to be a guinea pig"
"I want to wait, and finally I will definitely be vaccinated, and it is safer to fight than not to fight, but I just want to determine the safety first, and I don't want to be a guinea pig."
Chinese Mom C has two lovely daughters, aged 5 and 7. Her deep feelings about children's vaccinations came from the confirmed case at her eldest daughter's school a month ago. "Although the diagnosis in NSW schools has been seen, it is still quite scary to really happen to their own children."
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A month ago, the eldest daughter's school found a confirmed case, and all the teachers, students and parents of the school were immediately required to stay at home for 1 day. "On the same day, after receiving the home notification, the school did a thorough cleaning, checked the close contacts, and we could return to school normally the next day without contact, feeling that the isolation situation was greater than the content."
There are still many parents around C who have a conservative attitude towards their children's "naked return to school", "Some parents did not let their children go back to school, tried to take leave in various ways, and missed class when there was no way." ”
Vaccine is wa's "iron cloth shirt"
"The mothers in our community all say about, fight!" Chinese mother Y and her neighbors are looking forward to the exact time when the vaccine can be booked after seeing the news that the children's vaccine can be booked.
During the lockdown, couple Y decided to keep their 5-year-old daughter from entering the park for the time being, and they took the baby at home because they were worried about the risk of infection.
After the unsealing, the classmates returned to the kindergarten, but the daughter who originally liked the kindergarten refused to go.
"Every day I cry and don't go to kindergarten, and I don't say anything for any reason. I was worried that she had not been in contact with her peers at home for a long time, and she had a small psychological problem. "Y shared it in the mom group for the first time after seeing the news of the children's vaccine.
Y said: "The border is open, the baby needs friends, needs to go to school, and no longer wants to let the child be forced to isolate herself at home because she has no protection." "On the one hand, safety, on the other hand, academics, in the dilemma of children's vaccines has become the "last straw" that many parents can grasp.
Vaccine risks are not yet known, and it is more reliable to pay attention to protection
Chinese mother A, who works in the medical industry, is very cautious about children's vaccines, "Vaccination should be a voluntary scientific act, for me, if you wear a bulletproof vest but tell you that it is not necessarily effective, will you unswervingly wear it?" ”
A's daughter Xiaobao, 8 years old this year, is one of the few children in the class who consciously wears a mask.
A always warned my daughter to pay attention to daily protection, "The Chinese, Korean, Indian, and local children in their class basically do not wear masks when they play outdoors, but I told my daughter to wear masks as much as possible indoors to protect herself and others." ”
Despite this advice, Xiao Bao could not guarantee to wear a mask at school for a long time, because he was worried that he would sometimes be regarded as a minority by his classmates.
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Regarding vaccines, A feels that it is too early and the potential risks to children are unknown, and she believes that improving children's autoimmunity and attention protection is more reliable for children.
According to current sources, it is expected that eligible children aged 5-11 in Australia will be able to voluntarily receive the childhood Pfizer vaccine in state and territory clinics, general practitioners, pharmacies and Aboriginal health services from January 10 next year.
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