"They refused to answer my questions"

I took my new born son to our medical centre in Glasgow for his six week check up. I expressed to the Doctor that I was concerned about him catching covid as cases were particularly high at that point.

Their response was to tell me that lockdown was harmful for children - I said that I knew this, and didn’t want lockdown. I wanted my son to be able to access the covid vaccine, which he is not eligible for on the NHS and cannot access privately. I do not know of any other safe vaccines for children that cannot be accessed either privately or through the NHS. For reasons that I don’t understand. 

I felt the Doctor became very hostile and told me that my son was bound to get covid and said that they were not worried for their own children. I asked if they could explain why they weren’t worried for their own children, as having the opinion of a medical professional as to why covid is no longer dangerous would have been helpful for me, but they refused to answer my questions.

I said that I had read worrying studies about the dangers of repeated covid infections and asked if they could say something about this to help me understand, but they shut me down and refused to explain why they felt these dangers aren’t real. I left the appointment in tears.

This was an especially vulnerable moment for me and I felt the Doctors hostility was bizarre. They minimised my concerns, whilst also refusing to provide me with any information as to why covid is apparently no longer a threat.