chief medical officers look at the wider benefits. if they decide we should immunise all 12 to 15 year olds some parents could be forgiven for feeling even 15 year olds some parents could be forgiven forfeeling even more confused. there has been some political frustration that the jcvi didn t make a green decision during the summer stop the uk led the world on covid vaccination but we now have a lower proportion of our population fully immunised than canada, spain, denmark, and belgium, and there are 6 million adults who are yet to have a single dose of covid vaccine. that s double the total number of 12 to 15 year olds and it s those adults who really need to getjabbed first. adults who really need to get abbed first. , ., ~ , ., , first. fergus, thank you, fergus walsh. a former conservative health secretary has said the government must bite the bullet and bring in tax rises to fund the nhs and social care. jeremy hunt said the pressures on the sector are only going to increase fo