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Cases, and modelling suggest around 7% of people who leave isolation will in fact be infectious, but ministers say, given that the virus is now causing milder illness, it is a proportionate response to that. meanwhile, as you say, reeta, i6 a proportionate response to that. meanwhile, as you say, reeta, 16 to 17—year—olds are being invited for i7—year—olds are being invited for their boosters, around 40,000 people are currently eligible for those boosters, because they can only be done three months after your second doubts, but eventually there will be 600,000 teens who will become eli...

Well, i think if you look across different populations there are very different strategies being employed to achieve the same end. what i think is so striking here in the uk is that we have, as i said, nearly 90% of people who are eligible have had at least one dose. and those who haven't had their second dose yet are still waiting to reach the point where they do have their second dose, largely. and so i don't think that there is a big problem here in the uk that really requires some form of coercion. i think here we're very much in the situation where good communication and access will help ...

In the situation where good communication and access will help the vast majority of people, and will end up being vaccinated. but to fully protect the community in a country like the uk, with the numbers you've described, do you believe it would be right now to push the vaccination to 16 and i7—year—olds? indeed, in the us, they now are vaccinating all children over 12. do you think that is an important part of collective protection? well, i think at this moment, the key question for teenagers and younger children is whether or not vaccination of those groups has any direct benefit for the...

Dose, largely. and so i don't think that there is a big problem here in the uk that really requires some form of coercion. i think here we're very much in the situation where good communication and access will help the vast majority of people, and will end up being vaccinated. but to fully protect the community in a country like the uk, with the numbers you've described, do you believe it would be right now to push the vaccination to 16 and i7—year—olds? indeed, in the us, they now are vaccinating all children over 12. do you think that is an important part of collective protection? well, ...

Reluctant to be jabbed ? well, i think if you look across different populations there are very different strategies being employed to achieve the same end. what i think is so striking here in the uk is that we have, as i said, nearly 90% of people who are eligible have had at least one dose. and those who haven't had their second dose yet are still waiting to reach the point where they do have their second dose, largely. and so i don't think that there is a big problem here in the uk that really requires some form of coercion. i think here we're very much in the situation where good communicat...