PCR test fears

We booked a ferry to get to Northern Ireland this year so we wouldn't have to go through what we went through on a plane with our 11 1/2 year old son last year.


After 19th July my husband and I just need our double vaccination certificate. Our son however, needs a negative PCR test to get on the ferry there and home because we are going Holyhead to Dublin.


Do we hope that he can cope with a test and keep all our plans or change our plans to take us direct to NI so he doesn't have to do it ?

Am I being overly fearful of having to make him do this test? I just can't see him letting us do it.

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  • My husband and I live in Northampton with our three-month-old son, but we needed to visit my family for Christmas in Dublin. We're also vaccinated, but our son had to take a PCR test which we were super afraid of. We didn't know how he'd react, so we were pretty hesitant on that matter. However, a good friend recommended a clinic that provides PCR testing near me. They're meticulous when it comes to children, and they make sure they feel comfortable during the process. I was asked to do the test myself because my son is under 12, and everything went fine.

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  • My husband and I live in Northampton with our three-month-old son, but we needed to visit my family for Christmas in Dublin. We're also vaccinated, but our son had to take a PCR test which we were super afraid of. We didn't know how he'd react, so we were pretty hesitant on that matter. However, a good friend recommended a clinic that provides PCR testing near me. They're meticulous when it comes to children, and they make sure they feel comfortable during the process. I was asked to do the test myself because my son is under 12, and everything went fine.

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