Children may be better off catching Covid-19 naturally than having a vaccination, according to a key government expert.
Professor Robert Dingwall, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said it may be safer due to the small risk of side effects from a jab.
His comments come as a poll found three in four people support offering the vaccine to all children aged 17 and younger.
Mr Dingwall, who is helping to decide whether to offer vaccines to teenagers, urged people not to ‘panic about infection rates’. He said Covid was no longer a significant cause of death and science should not aim to ‘deliver immortality’.
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