by the end of august. israel began vaccinating its 600,000 12 15 year olds on 6june. and the us has become one of the countries that made the most progress it began vaccinating teens on 13 may, and had given at least one dose to more than 30% of 12 15 year olds by the end ofjune. i m joined now by drjennie lavine, an?epidemiologist at emory university in new york, who wrote in the bmj recently that vaccinating children was hard to justify right now for most children in most countries . thank you very much forjoining us on 0utside source, we appreciate your time. why did you say that? well, i think the first key thing is that we really need to be thinking about how, when we look at a vaccination scheme, what is the cost benefit for direct protection to the vaccinated individuals? so in this case, asking for a child who is