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what is unclear at this stage isjust how much more protection the new moderna vaccine will give. the medicines regulator said the vaccine would give us a "sharpened tool in our armoury". next month, many people will be eligible for an autumn booster. they include... people aged 50 and overhealth and social care staff. people over five who are at greater risk of covid, including pregnant including pregnant women. and carers over 16. that's about 26 million people in total. moderna says it will deliver at least 13 million doses of the new vaccine before the end of the year, so that means around half of these groups may get it. it's not licensed for under—18s. experts say the key message is to get immunised. the experts say the key message is to get immunised.— get immunised. the difference between having _ get immunised. the difference between having a _ get immunised. the difference between having a booster - get immunised. the difference i between having a booster vaccine get immunised. the difference - between having a booster vaccine and not having _ between having a booster vaccine and not having a _ between having a booster vaccine and not having a booster vaccine is much larger _ not having a booster vaccine is much larger and _ not having a booster vaccine is much larger and much more important than
at least 13 million doses of its new vaccine to the uk before the end of the year, so that means around half of these groups may get it. it's not licensed for under 18s. vaccine experts say the key message is to get immunised. the difference between having a booster vaccine and not having a booster vaccine is much larger and much more important than any difference between vaccine types. in other words, if you're offered a vaccine, please take up the offer and be vaccinated, because that is the important message, not which type of vaccine you've been offered. pfizer also has a bivalent covid vaccine which could get approved in the near future so that means more people would get these next generationjabs. and don't forget flu — it could be as big a threat as covid this winter so getting a flu jab is also important.
eligible may get it. it's not licensed for the under 18s. vaccine experts say the key message is to get immunised. the difference between having a booster vaccine and not having a booster vaccine is much larger and much more important than any difference between vaccine types. in other words, if you're offered a vaccine, please take up the offer and be vaccinated because that is the important message, not which type of vaccine you've been offered. pfizer also has a bivalent covid vaccine which could get approved in the near future. so that would mean more of us getting the new generation ofjabs. and don't forget flu. it could be as big a threat as covid this winter. so getting a flu vaccine is also important. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this
yeah. what about you ? three months. what drew you to it? the flavours, the smell. would you say you are addicted? 100%. these are some examples of some of the most popular vapes available to buy and they are all bright coloured, slimline and come in a range of flavours and would typically cost between £7—8. so how are teenagers getting hold of them? trading standards have been worried about shops selling vaping products to under 18s. here in newcastle they are carrying out spot checks on shops they have intelligence may be breaking the law. we will conduct a test purchase exercise. we joined them in the operation where they sent a 17 and 15—year—old girl into stores to see whether they are sold vaping products. we gave the teenagers secret recording equipment to film what happened.
trading standards test purchasers went into ten shops and while the majority of shopkeepers did refuse to sell to the underage girls, on two occasions one of the under 18s were illegally sold vaping products. we have got these three bars that have been sold to our child volunteers doing the test purchases. a couple here are compliant, but should not have been sold to children. this one is of particular concern as there are 4000 puffs in there, and normally you get about 600—700. they asked for id but one of them didn't mind that we didn't have any id. and the other one didn't even ask for anything. trading standards carry out investigations like this before taking any actions against the shops in question. how big a problem is this in generalfor you, the selling of vapes to kids? at the moment, it is massive. the single use vapes, the colour, the flavour, the styles which are quite child appealing.
an image like this. we'd set the profile to private, so no one else could see it, except for the social media platforms themselves. when a post showing off a knife was shared on instagram, facebook, youtube and snapchat, no action was taken. but tiktok did remove it for violating its guidelines. that suggests it is possible to detect and remove this kind of content when it's shared by under—18s. new research shared with panorama suggests social media is a key factor in almost a quarter of crimes committed by under—18s. the majority of these were acts of violence that had started with disputes online. joe caluori heads up a research group that has been looking at social media's connection to violent crime.
just because it, like, it would be like a week after. and ijust see it and itjust, like, just makes me really upset. ifeel like now i kind of see and itjust doesn't really faze as muchjust of how much, like, i'm kind of exposed to it and just see it so much. all the social media companies say they protect teenage users. in particular, meta, which owns instagram and facebook, says it restricts what under—18s can see of "content that attempts to buy or sell bladed weapons." so why are olly�*s friends, and our fake account, being exposed to this kind of content? one person who can answer that is frances haugen. she's a former meta insider turned whistle—blower. she believes social media can desensitise people to violence. one of the things that happens with groups and networks of groups is that people see echo chambers that create social norms.