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Teacher strike may go ahead if jabs not scheduled by end of school year msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“This is not a value judgment on any given profession. This is simply the science,” she said.
She said that “national and international evidence now confirms that age is the ‘strongest predictor’ of whether a person who contracts Covid-19 will be admitted to hospital or ICU or die as a result of their infection”.
She cited Professor Karina Butler of the National Immunisation advisory Committee (NIAC) who had confirmed that in a comparison between a 30- to 34-year-old and a 60- to 64-year-old, the latter was 70 times more likely to die as a result of Covid-19 than the younger person.
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