[jfman]

Originally Posted by nffc

But there are views which their speciality is best considered.

Like, specifically in the argument about vaxxing teens and younger, where you may have to overcome views from parents such as "well my kid is healthy and isn't likely to get ill from covid/has already had it and I don't want to risk him getting a heart condition from a vaccine which isn't going to help him" and how you would manage to overcome that objection?

I’m not sure the mass vaccination of millions of children should be pinned on the worries of a handful of parents.

We know the vaccine is safe as it's been shoved into plenty of adults around the world. We know a child's body isn't massively different from an adult's, especially a teen's. But a child is at much less risk of being hospitalised or dying from covid which is what the vaccine primarily prevents.

It's not a question either which has a binary answer.

It may not have a binary answer but the global consensus is to do so, and we have partially and will eventually fully fall into line.

Just because the vaccine is safe and effective to give to kids doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Should we vaccinate dogs to stop them spreading it to humans too?

I’d ask their owners, just as I’d give the choice to parents.