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I was in two minds whether to publish this or not. To be honest I was horrified when I saw it. The Oxford Vaccine Trial, attached to Oxford University, are looking for young people, children from age 6 to 17 years of age, to take part in a study to enable them to assess if children can be protected from Covid 19, with a new vaccine called ChAdOx1 nCOV19.
The trial length is one year, blood tests will be needed, and you have to live near one of the four centres which are participating. Oxford, London, Southampton, and Bristol. 300 participants are needed. There is a £10 reimbursement for each study visit. The study is funded by AstraZeneca and The National Institute of Health Research.
I know they are running similar trials for adults, two of my friends are on it. That's all well and good if someone wants to offer their body for research. Adults can make up their own minds. But asking a six year old if they want to have a needle stuck in their arm several times over a period of a year, plus blood samples taken, how would they understand what it was for. What parent would agree to that?
When I was six, up to about the age of 11 ish, I was running around catching all kinds of nasties as I played in the dirt. Pond fishing, collecting frog spawn, climbing trees and falling out of them. Grazed knees and elbows. I also caught all the coughs and sneezes that were going around. It was normal to let kids catch things so they built up a natural immunity. Going home crying was part of it, mum always kissed it better and put a plaster on it.
I am struggling to come to terms with the fact that life isn't like that any more. It's a changing world and I don't like it very much.
It's sunny outside and I have a dog walk to do. Hope I don't fall over, the snow and ice is still here. Enjoy your weekend whatever you are doing. Toodle pip. ilona
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