News Round-Up
8 May 2024
A new survey suggests that less than 40% of American parents with children aged five-11 plan on getting them vaccinated against Covid, while the rest are either opposed or haven't yet made up their minds.
The New York Times has been forced to correct a piece it published earlier this week which claimed "nearly 900,000 children have been hospitalised with Covid since the pandemic began". The real figure is 63,000.
Councils and local health officials have started giving "vaccination webinars" which are intended to persuade parents to give their consent for their children to be 'jabbed'.
The Government has refused to release the minutes of a meeting in which its vaccine advisory committee decided not to recommend the jabbing of healthy teenagers, saying it will publish these so "in due course".
The latest Government figures suggest that the Covid vaccine uptake in 16-18 year-olds has stalled at around 55% – far lower than ministers had hoped.
Pfizer's CEO says that the pharmaceutical giant will ask the U.S. FDA to approve the use of its Covid vaccines in 5-11 year-olds "within days".
Record numbers of children and young people are seeking access to mental health services, according to analysis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and an "unprecedented" number of children are waiting for care.
The Covid vaccine consent form given to children will be updated because the current version wrongly tells children that getting 'jabbed' will free them from certain rules that the unvaccinated must still follow.
There has been a more than 50% increase in the number of children going to A&E with serious mental health problems since the beginning of lockdowns and almost 30,000 are being prescribed antidepressants each month.
The vaccine roll-out for healthy 12-15 year-olds is set to begin this week. Here's some advice for parents who are concerned about their children being vaccinated without their consent.
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