THE UK has “no chance” of reaching herd immunity without vaccinating kids, experts have warned. They also criticised delays in getting jabs in the arms of teenagers, who play more of a role in spre…
THE UK has “no chance” of reaching herd immunity without vaccinating kids, experts have warned.
It refers to when enough people in the population have immunity to an infection that the bug dies out.is typically best achieved with very high vaccination coverage - for example measles has been effectively eradicated in the UK by giving babies the MMR vaccine. But some experts have said that herd immunity is unlikely to be ever reached for the coronavirus because it isShabir A. Madhi, dean faculty of health sciences and professor of vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, wrote in the
It may mean many 16 and 17-year-olds would not get the jab before returning to school at the start of next month. The rollout of jabs to children has been “frankly shambolic”, Dr Camilla Kingdon, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said.
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