Coronavirus: JCVI

ICYMI – belated minutes of JCVI discussing teenage vaccination in UK: it is as we feared. JCVI downplayed the harm of infections in children and in schools; argued that there was "limited data" on teenage vaxx (??) and *viewed children as a vehicle to boost adult & herd immunity https://t.co/2BwBqtBy6u

— Dr Zubaida Haque (@Zubhaque) October 31, 2021

JCVI's minutes reveals a group strongly influenced by unethical & unscientific herd immunity beliefs. Over 10K children have been hospitalised with #COVID in UK; 101 children have died with covid and ~11K children have #LongCovid for over a year. Where was the accountability??

— Dr Zubaida Haque (@Zubhaque) October 31, 2021

And how can we forgive JCVI for erroneously & harmfully deciding that mass infection of our children in UK was acceptable compared to protecting them with #CovidVaccines? Millions of teenagers have been vaccinated worldwide; how could JCVI conclude there wasn't enough evidence??

— Dr Zubaida Haque (@Zubhaque) October 31, 2021