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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: The NHS has drawn up plans to start vaccinating 12-year-olds from the first week schools go back telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/2…
💉Health officials have said children would not need parental consent under the schools’ jabs programme.

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🔴NHS trusts were told on Wednesday to prepare for the possible rollout of a 12 to 15-year-old healthy child vaccination programme beginning on 6th September

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The Department of Health on Wednesday night insisted a decision to roll out jabs has not been taken.
💉Until now, the Government’s vaccine advisers have said there is insufficient data to support such a rollout.

But further research on the safety of jabs in this age group is about to be published, which will feed into their review of the evidence
Vaccines are currently being offered to those aged 16 and 17.

🔴People in this age group are only being offered one dose, with the JCVI yet to make a decision on whether, or when, a second jab should be given

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Read more about the upcoming plans ⬇️
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💉On today's #PlanetNormal podcast an anonymous source gets in touch to show documents to @AllisonPearson and @LiamHalligan that show the NHS is preparing to vaccinate 12-year-olds.

🎧 Listen here 👇
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