But the JCVI had previously said benefits were too marginal to justify the moveDeputy chairman of JCVI said it was important parents were ‘properly informed’Confusion over jabs for children deepened last night as experts admitted the issue was a ‘grey area’ that will cause ‘uncertainty’ among parents. The deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said it was important parents were ‘properly informed’ and that their decision should be respected. Parents will be asked to give permission for their child to be vaccinated at school, but pupils could over-rule that if health workers consider them competent. They have been targeted with letters by anti-vax campaigners and lawyers who object to vaccinating children against Covid. School leaders said the letters claimed they may be held ‘personally liable’ if a pupil suffers ‘harm, injury or loss’ as a result of vaccination.

Source: Daily Mail September 14, 2021 21:33 UTC