Measles, diphtheria, polio, whooping cough, mumps, flu, meningitis — the list of illnesses against which children are vaccinated goes on and on. By the time they start school aged four, a British child has been injected, nasal-sprayed or orally inoculated 16 times.
But when it comes to immunising children against Covid we are surprisingly circumspect. Asked by the Office for National Statistics whether they would want their children vaccinated against Covid, nearly half of parents said they were unsure.
It is not just parents who are undecided. For the last month, scientists on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises the government, have been arguing about whether the UK should start vaccinating children as young as 12. In normal times the JCVI
To jab or not to jab: should we be vaccinating our children against coronavirus? - The Times
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