It may be better for kids to let them catch COVID and get natural immunity, as opposed to giving them the vaccine, says a member of the Joint Commission on Vaccination and Immunization in the U.K.
Advising U.K. ministers about whether children ages 12 to 18 should be vaccinated, JCVI scientist Robert Dingwall said children may be “better protected by natural immunity generated through infection than by asking them to take the ‘possible’ risk of a vaccine.”
Dingwall said the increasing rise in cases among children could be the “last wave” of mild infections, in which case, it might be a better way for them to build their immunity than through a vaccine. Although daily cases continue to rise in the U.K., death rates and hospitalizations are nowhere near the levels seen during previous surges of COVID-19,” Dingwall said. “Even hospitalization rates are increasingly misleading as better therapy reduces length of stay. Covid is now a long way from being an important cause of mortality.”
Scientists have warned that Brits could face a worse flu season this year because last winter’s lockdowns and social distancing resulted in people having less immunity.
SOURCE: The Telegraph June 30, 2021