BBCNEWS BBC News September 4, 2021 10:03:00
Between those two, we prefer to advise that healthy children should not for the moment be immunised. covid doesn't tend to make children very sick, so the benefits of vaccinating them have to be weighed up against the risks — like myocarditis, inflammation of the heart. it is a very rare complication from pfizer and moderna vaccines, and affects young people more. they tend to recover quickly, but thejcvi wants to know more about the longer term effects. but some of the 3 million iz—is—year—olds across the uk will be invited for a vaccine. 150,000 were already eligible because they hav...