The JCVI recommended on Wednesday that all over-16s be offered jabs, just two weeks after saying children should not routinely be given Covid vaccinations. The JCVI has moved to “refresh” the membership of its Covid subcommittee in recent weeks, with one prominent critic of Covid jabs for children, Prof Robert Dingwall, leaving the body. Three other members – Prof Lucy Yardley, Prof Liz Miller and Prof Bryan Charleston – also left at a similar time. Committee members said they had not felt political pressure to change their views when it came to changing its advice on 16- and 17-year-olds. The main JCVI committee has provided all advice and recommendations to ministers on Covid-19 vaccines.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2021 06:00 UTC