Person A
I know what you mean about making decisions on behalf of children. Obviously parents must have the right to decide that kind of thing (I wouldn't want to live in a world where a child was vaccinated against their parents' will) but it's a bit different when the child is a teenager and has expressed their own preference.
I used to think it was very unfair to do that to a family member. If you don't want a vaccine that's entirely your choice and that's fine, but it's awful to put pressure on family members to make the same decision as you. And I'd say exactly the same to someone who tried to pressure a family member into getting the vaccine when they'd expressed a preference not to.
Person B
Yeah exactly, I don’t want mandatory vaccinations. I do want mandatory education about vaccines as part of the national curriculum though, everyone deserves to be taught the science behind how they work so that they can make their own informed decisions about their health.
It’s so bad because legally, in the case of the HPV vaccine the child IS allowed to choose whether or not they would like it, so the fact she didn’t get it shows the level of control her parents exerted over her and the choice she wanted to make🫤.
Person C
My child won’t get a choice about the HPV vaccine
Interesting discussion about HPV vaccine, children’s informed consent and their legal ability to go against their parents wishes
Person C disclosed personal reasons to explain why they feel strongly that their child wouldn’t get to exercise their informed consent because they are extremely concerned about risk
The parent that would override the child’s choice in favour of vaccine seemed to have sympathy but the parents that were against are described as controlling, pressuring and awful
If you believe a parent has the right to make decisions for their child should it not go both ways?
It doesn’t appear so looks like there is only one right answer in this particular instance and if you get it wrong you require further education so you can understand/comply