in their interests and not in society's interests to vaccinate them, and i think it's a difficult decision. vaccinating i2— to 15—year—olds could help their education by limiting outbreaks in schools. the uk's chief medical officers have been asked to consider this by the health secretary, sajid javid, who had little else to say tonight. what's your reaction| to the jcvi decision? thank you for coming. so what do families make of it? people between the age of 12—15 should be able to get a vaccination to prevent the spread of the virus. i would not recommend for the moment. it's too early. i think if we want to get - the pandemic under control, then we have to vaccinatej as many in the population as possible. many other countries rolled out vaccines to all secondary school children in the summer. that opportunity has been missed here, but it may only be a matter of days before a final decision is made on whether to immunise all 12—