If the vaccination of children against Covid is given the green light in England, almost nine in 10 parents will be happy for their own children to be included in the roll-out, according to a new survey released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Well over 30% of parents said they were “unsure but probably yes” in favour of vaccination. The Guardian has the story.
The survey of more than 4,400 parents with children under 16 and attending school found 88% said they would definitely or probably agree to vaccinate their child, with just 12% saying they would not favour vaccination.
The survey was conducted in April and May, before the Pfizer vaccine was given approval by the U.K. medicines regulator for children aged 12 to 15 at the start of June. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is expected to advise the Government later this summer on whether to allow children over 12 to be vaccinated.
Professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the JCVI, told the BBC: “JCVI are very aware of the issues surrounding both the pros and the cons of vaccinating their children, which we will talk about in due course, but actually what we need to be absolutely sure is that these vaccines benefit children in some way… so we are looking at this data very carefully.”
But Professor Calum Semple, a member of SAGE, said not enough was known about possible side-effects if children were given Covid jabs.
“Vaccines are safe but not entirely risk-free. We are aware in adults about clots, and there’s some safety data from America showing rare heart problems associated with some of the vaccines. So until that data is really complete for children, I’m not persuaded that the risk-benefit for children has been clarified,” Semple told the BBC, speaking in a personal capacity.
He added: “There’s [a] very nuanced debate going on here but at the moment I don’t think there’s enough evidence to support vaccinating children.” …
The ONS survey found parents with children at secondary school were the most enthusiastic for vaccines, with 53% saying they would definitely support vaccination and just four per cent saying they definitely would not. Nearly 35% of parents said they were “unsure but probably yes” in favour.
Among the parents of primary school-age children, 43% were definitely in favour and 46% were “unsure but probably yes” in favour of vaccination. Just three per cent said they were “definitely” opposed, while a little more than seven per cent were recorded as “unsure but probably no”.
According to the ONS, the most common reasons given by parents opposed to vaccination were that not enough research had been done, or they wanted more information about long-term side-effects or had concerns over vaccine safety.
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Loving this woman’s 5 minute speech. You go girl!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBSt5SuYOk&ab_channel=Kellie-JayKeen
Just so as I’m not accused of being biased or one-sided ( or a militant, narcissistic feminist…. Oops, too late! ), I also like Miss Whitty’s intelligent and well-reasoned take on the matter;
https://twitter.com/IrishProtector/status/1644419124439707653
Nice, rallying speech. But I’m still wondering in what kind of strange universe these people live. My grandma fled from Königsberg before the Russians conquered it. She took her two small children, the boy being 6 and his sister 4 or 5 with her, she then then raised alone in postwar Germany as she never saw her husband alive again. Her son became a teacher and her daughter a customs offifical. The daughter developed MS in her late thirties or early fourties and became progessively worse until she had lost almost all power of directed movement. She continued to live with her mother who cared for her for as long as she physically could (eventuallly succumbed to dementia in her nineties). I very much doubt that anybody ever thought of questioning whether or not she knew her own mind while she was still capable of running the show.
Maybe that’s an issue of different cultures.
Posie has been a pioneer in taking on the trans activists since at least 2018. You should watch her first (of three) Triggernometry interviews where she lays down her cards (it is the most viewed of all their videos to date!). Love her. A real stand out woman of class and courage
Trusting “governmant data” is a mug’s game
What a joke.
Newham is heavily Bangladeshi Muslim. There is no way any of their children would go home to say they were other than straight.
we k ow the practices of certain countries which are Muslim but that is with boys and it is not permitted to follow non straight preferences.
Unfortunately the recent census was obviously the very worst ever conducted. It was most likely designed to be so.
Just compare the total population figures with NHS registration figures.
I remember being a bit skint in 1971 and signing up for assisting with the actual census operation. Quite a lot of planning, preparation and on the actual day everywhere that anyone might be dossing down (garages, outbuildings, old caravans) checked for any stray inhabitant. Failing to complete the form properly? See you in Court!
The latest one, people openly stating that they would NEVER complete the form! Were there any prosecutions?
None reported that I am aware of.
You think our Beloved Leaders really wanted documentation of how many illegal invaders were in the Country?
Draw your own conclusions.
Muslim areas are tranny? Propaganda and nonsense. Brighton is 50% retard, the gay capital of Europe it calls itself (we live not far), the trans capital of England. A good place to use for RAF practice. Soon everyone will be tranny, with the ‘science’ saying 110% of the pop self identify as a flower, cat, or transexual Hindu Muslim. Lots of money in the drugs and therapy and apparently a need to destroy the family and hetero-normalcy.