Vaccinated children are ostracized at school

From December 16, 2021, parents can vaccinate children between 5 and 11 years of age against Covid-19. And only at the beginning, and in addition only in the west and north of Poland, was there more interest. There is no such thing in the east of the country.

According to Joanna Szeląg, no educational campaign reaches the patients. - It does not arrive because it is not there. Instead, the anti-vaccine gibberish arrives. Unfortunately for children as well - he adds.

- During the vaccination, I noticed that children are not afraid of the vaccination itself, the needle or the pain. They are afraid of confusion around vaccination, possible consequences, uncertainty about what will happen next - says Wojciech Pacholicki, vice-president of the Zielona Góra Agreement Federation.

It gets even worse. Children who tell school that they are going to be vaccinated are scared by their peers about what can happen after the vaccination.

- Conscious parents vaccinated against Covid came to me with their 8-year-old son, who at school learned from his friends that he would die or become a cripple after the vaccination - says Joanna Zabielska-Cieciuch, expert of the Zielona Góra Agreement, vice-president of the Podlasie Association of Employers' Doctors PZ. < br/>
As Zabielska-Cieciuch explains, there are cases where the whole class turns away from the child who says that he has taken the vaccine. No wonder many parents do not boast about it and advise their children so. - The kids tell amazing things. About the fact that there is a chip in the vaccine, that the preparation changes DNA, that Krzyś or Basia are not what they used to be.

- There are hates against the vaccinated and those who fell ill. The patient's teenage daughter was in quarantine and cried all day because her classmates sent her threats. Because she got sick! Some nightmare - says Małgorzata Stokowska-Wojda, PZ expert from the Lublin Association of Family Doctors-Employers.

The school usually does not react, and yet it should be an opinion-forming place. Knowledge should be spread here. It is difficult, however, because many teachers do not even hide their anti-vaccine views. So the source of knowledge is usually the peer group.

Therefore, vaccination points in many regions are empty. There are no volunteers. Even face-to-face discussions with parents encouraging them to vaccinate their children do not help. The most common perception is that children do not get Covid and do not need to be vaccinated.

Nothing could be more wrong. Due to infection, children go to hospitals, sometimes have a severe course of the disease, require oxygen therapy and ventilators, but also after the disease there is a confirmed risk of PIMS, i.e. a multi-system inflammatory syndrome associated with Covid-19. It is an immunological complication after Sars CoV-2 infection that affects boys more than girls. That is why doctors argue that there is nothing better for a child than getting vaccinated.

- Of course, you have to vaccinate - each vaccination is a step towards fighting a pandemic. It is also an expression of concern for one's own safety and that of others. By vaccinating the youngest, we care for the safety of the elderly and people who are struggling with chronic diseases. At the same time, we care for our children, who may also suffer from coronavirus in a severe way - explains Joanna Zabielska-Cieciuch.

Doctors are surprised by the attitude of parents who protect their children against falls or burns, and not against Covid.

- Hundreds of people die in hospitals every day, and I keep hearing - "I'll wait, I'm not against and I'll probably get vaccinated one day" - Andrzej Zapaśnik, PZ expert, vice president of the Pomeranian Association of Healthcare Employers, is surprised. "They're unvaccinated. There are 6 times as many funerals, and people insist it's not Covid." "And if anyone thinks it's a mild disease, they're wrong. Many sick people, young people in their 30s, have had the infection very hard. They survived, but became disabled for the rest of their lives. They cannot play sports, pursue their passions or dreams. What is life when it affects a fashionable person? Therefore, it is worth vaccinating the youngest and before the winter holidays - he adds.

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