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Society, it is in those age groups. there is a balance between potential side—effects and the damage that covid can do, but this age group hasnt had the benefit of being infected in very early childhood as with other common coronaviruses, so the best way to get this particular age group immunised is to give them vaccinating, i think. age group immunised is to give them vaccinating, ithink. you age group immunised is to give them vaccinating, ithink.— vaccinating, i think. you say it is conte...

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Questions. for example, why did the jcvi change its advice and matter of weeks, having said at the end of july that the health benefits did not outweigh the risks, they would keep it under review now there is more data, they say, reducing safety concerns and showing the spread was much more rapid amongst younger age groups, so there was more of a justification. people want to see the data, and some are saying why did the jcvi the data, and some are saying why did thejcvi not act the data, and so...

More under 18 is being vaccinated with no significant reports of issues or side effects different to that that we hear occasionally amongst adults. i think that will definitely help. i think with the younger age groups as well, there is an additional burden of misinformation. we see a lot of misinformation. we see a lot of misinformation among younger age groups, who are perhaps more adverse to getting information from social reasons. vaccination isnt a traditional active cores. many parents wil...

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Thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation held a briefing. lets take a look at the key points. as mentioned, thejcvi says it is advising all 16 to 17—year—olds to receive their first dose. they said there have been large changes in the way covid—19 is spreading in recent weeks, particularly in younger age groups. and as the adult vaccine roll—out has progressed successful, more safety data has come available, so it was important to review the advice for the vaccination of young ...

Numbers that — priority now s? even though the numbers that suffer _ priority now s? even though the numbers that suffer from - priority now s? even though thei numbers that suffer from severe covid infection and the young are very small as a percentage, if you have high levels of infection, you can still have small percentage of a big number. since the beginning of the pandemic, weve had roughly 6000 hospitalisations in children. thats not a high rate compared with other age groups, but it is...

To start extending vaccination down into older teenagers. we know that they have a very high rate of infection, and if you look at where the infection is currently flourishing within society, its largely in those younger age groups. i mean, there is a balance, obviously, between the potential side effects and the damage that covid can do. other countries, including the us and france, have gone further, and already offerjabs to all children over 12. a similar move in this country looks unlikely f...