If you're confused by that decision re. jabs for 12-15 year olds
💉The JCVI have said the health benefits alone from vaccination for 12-15 year olds are *marginally greater* than the potential known harms. But that benefit gap isn't enough for them to give the full green light.
💉The JCVI have said the health benefits alone from vaccination for 12-15 year olds are *marginally greater* than the potential known harms. But that benefit gap isn't enough for them to give the full green light.
/2 Instead they've basically passed the buck over to the Government to weigh up OTHER harms/ benefits for children in getting the vaccine. This will include the damage done by schools being shut due to outbreaks and the wider impact of community covid transmission.
3/ JCVI have just expanded the list of children with health conditions who can get jabbed. An extra 200,000 with chronic heart, lung & liver conditions join the group of 150,000 kids with things like severe neurodisability, Down's & weakened immune systems who were eligible.
4/ The 4 Chief medical officers now have to go away, gather evidence and experts, weigh up all the pros and cons and present it to Ministers who could decide to roll out vaccines for 12+ anyway. But with schools already back, some will say this decision is taking too much time
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