myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis inflammation of the heart lining. data from the united states shows that for every one million boys fully immunised with the pfizer vaccine, there were around 60 cases of heart inflammation. among girls, it was much lower, with around eight cases per million. symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations. but these were generally mild symptoms and short lived. as for covid, healthy children are at minimal risk of severe illness, with just two in a million admitted to intensive care after infection. immunising under 16s might help suppress covid, but should the young be vaccinated to protect the old? if we are going to vaccinate children it has to be
the key concern for the jcvi is the potential long term harms from a rare side effect from the pfizer vaccine. myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis inflammation of the heart lining. data from the united states shows that for every one million boys fully immunised with the pfizer vaccine, there were around 60 cases of heart inflammation. among girls, it was much lower, with around eight cases per million. symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations. but these were generally mild symptoms and short lived. as for covid, healthy children are at minimal risk of severe illness, with just two in a million admitted to intensive care after infection. immunising under 16s might help suppress covid but should
whilst the benefits marginally outweigh the risks, the risk of heart inflammation is still uncertain, and we want to see what wider societal and educational benefits there are to children before recommending universal vaccination. the key concern for the jcvi is the potential long term harms from a rare side effect from the pfizer vaccine. myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis inflammation of the heart lining. data from the united states shows that for every i million boys fully immunised with the pfizer vaccine, there were around 60 cases of heart inflammation. among girls, it was much lower, with around eight cases per million. symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations. but these were generally mild symptoms and short lived. as for covid, healthy children are at minimal risk of severe
is still uncertain, and we want to see what wider societal and educational benefits there are to children before recommending universal vaccination. the key concern for the jcvi is the potential long term harms from a rare side effect from the pfizer vaccine. myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis inflammation of the heart lining. data from the united states shows that for every i million boys fully immunised with the pfizer vaccine, there were around 60 cases of heart inflammation. among girls, it was much lower, with around eight cases per million. symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations. but these were generally mild symptoms and short lived. as for covid, healthy children are at minimal
of the heart lining. data from the united states shows that for every one million boys fully immunised with the pfizer vaccine, there were around 60 cases of heart inflammation. among girls, it was much lower, with around eight cases per million. symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations. but these were generally mild symptoms and short lived. as for covid, healthy children are at minimal risk of severe illness, with just two in a million admitted to intensive care after infection. immunising under sixteens might help suppress covid but should the young be vaccinated to protect the old? if we are going to vaccinate children it has to be in their interests and not in society s interests to vaccinate them and it s a difficult decision.