Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

Every day that passes denying vaccination to 🇬🇧5-12yr olds will result in harm to a child somewhere @RCPCHPresident @Rachel_deSouza .

The #JCVI’s REFUSAL TO OFFER these children an @MHRAgovuk approved vaccine is IMO a national safeguarding concern.

#DeliberateMassInfection
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https://twitter.com/mangalang1/status/1482422015776722948

We have plenty of vaccines, in fact they are being wasted!

I would personally jump at the chance to give 5-12yr olds their first #CovidVaccination , I know many other HCPs who feel the same.

Parents like @Mangalang1 are desperate, some are seeking vaccination abroad.
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https://twitter.com/alisongeorge10/status/1482139762140106752

@chris_salt is campaigning for 5-12yr olds to be vaccinated & offering advice to parents able to travel.

Why is this happening in🇬🇧 whilst children of this age in many other parts of the world are being safely vaccinated & @MHRAgovuk have approved it?

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gov.uk/government/new…

@RCPCHtweets, @ChildrensComm #JCVI members, anyone involved in child protection…Please listen to @globalhlthtwit & so many others urging caution.

Think of Polio, Diphtheria, Measles, Shingles….& more.

In the absence of definitive #LongCovid info, how can we be so reckless?
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https://twitter.com/thealiceroberts/status/1482357071651774466

Explain why we should ignore these graphs & statistics and how on earth we can accept as a nation such a lack of concern & a disregard for the lives of 🇬🇧children!

Children who put their trust in parents, carers, teachers, HCPs to make safe choices for them.

@ChildrensComm
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As a NE Dr please explain why I shouldn’t be extremely concerned about the case numbers in our region👇🏼?

The abject failure 2yrs into the pandemic to provide appropriate airborne mitigations in schools AND block the vaccination of 5-12yr olds is nothing short of barbaric!
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#JCVI PLEASE review the recommendations….consider the possible outcomes if the current decision was made in error & use the precautionary principle!
At least OFFER concerned parents the OPTION to vaccinate their 5-12yr olds.

Ongoing refusal to do so can only mean one thing…
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….That you are indeed following a #HerdImmunity strategy & are hoping that the #DeliberateMassInfection of children with a novel virus will take is one step closer to achieving it.

Such a policy is so brutal & abhorrent, it is hard to comprehend!

@nadhimzahawi @bphillipsonMP

@LaylaMoran @AppgCoronavirus @dgurdasani1 @SGriffin_Lab @Zubhaque @theAliceRoberts @ProfColinDavis @ahmedaftab68 @HZiauddeen @danielgoyal @DRTomlinsonEP @KatyMcconkey @Oldboatie @BinitaKane @karamballes @HoppySaul @Sandyboots2020 @LongCovidKids @DMinghella @reece_dinsdale

Apologies @Antonio_Caramia …I intended to add this heartbreaking graphic too 💔!

@TigressEllie @jneill @_johnbye @Aw_what

https://twitter.com/antonio_caramia/status/1482635491900108801