"Allowing children to catch Covid may be better than exposing them to the "risk" of vaccines, a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has said.
Professor Robert Dingwall said children may be “better protected by natural immunity generated through infection than by asking them to take the ‘possible’ risk of a vaccine”.
The government scientist, who sits on the JCVI group which advises on vaccines, said the ongoing rise in cases among young people and children may constitute a “last wave” of mild infections.
He suggested this could be a better way to build immunity in teenagers, who are at “intrinsically low risk from Covid”, than to consider exposing them to any potential risks from a jab. "