Jabs for children
Experts believe that the introduction of jabs to children aged five to eleven may be the key to preventing disruptions to education caused by staff shortages.
Professor Russell Viner believes the “balance of risks”This means that all schoolchildren should be vaccinated.
Prof Viner is a University College London expert in child and adolescent Health and is a member SAGE.
He believes that, while covid sickness is most common in the older age group, they could be prevented from spreading to staff if they were injected.
Speak to theihe said: “Five to 11s are probably the group least affected by Covid disease.
“The thing about Covid is it’s got the most extraordinary age risk profile… to be honest, five to 11 is the healthiest time of our life.
“It’s the time when we’re least likely to die or get sick from almost anything, and that is true of Covid.
“However, I expect and I would like the Government to include educational disruption and mental health issues in the decision, which is what happened with teenagers.
“I think it’s a very marginal medical decision, but if you include those broader issues.
“I think given the extremely promising safety profile in children– but I think the balance of risks is towards vaccination.
“We can be fairly sure that this is really a very safe vaccination for the five to 11-year-olds.”