Monday
This afternoon
Um.
Anyone?
COVID-19 advice for the public: Getting vaccinated (WHO)
Previously: Not For The Moment
Tag Archives: children
World Health Organisation COVID-19 Vaccines Advice: “Children should not be vaccinated for the moment” https://t.co/jVm8HRDDUv
— Dr Anthony Hinton (@TonyHinton2016) June 21, 2021
This afternoon.
Meanwhile…
Micheál Martin confirms that the government will be looking at vaccinating children in Ireland this autumn.#Covid19Ireland #CovidVaccine pic.twitter.com/LU8Wm5Kt4m
— JRD (@JRD0000) June 16, 2021
Taoiseach Micheál Martin last week.
He’s so ‘ahead’.
Last week: In The Fall
In The Fall
at
Would @MichealMartinTD like to await more comprehensive testing before vaccinating children? What is the net benefit of vaccination for CHILDREN specifically? Is that benefit empirically demonstrated? https://t.co/wTu8X4S0Va
— David Thunder (@davidjthunder) June 17, 2021
Anyone?
Meanwhile, in the UK:
Vaccination experts are not planning to recommend Covid-19 jabs for children, a cabinet minister has said, while prominent academics have suggested that existing doses should be used to immunise vulnerable people around the world before those in the UK who are relatively safe…
Vaccine advisers not planning to back Covid jabs for children, says UK minister (The Guardian)
Top pic: Moderna
Meanwhile…
Vaccinator friend told me a lot of anti-vaxxers are taking appointments purely so they can show up and then “not consent”. Honestly, I despair sometimes. If you don’t want the vaccine, fine; but to waste people’s time and keep slots from those who want them is despicable. 🤬
— Maïa Dunphy (@MaiaDunphy) June 17, 2021
Things that never happened, part 27.
Um.
Guinness Storehouse
Roe and Co
Anon writes:
It has always struck me as odd – and frankly a bit creepy – that the Guinness Storehouse welcomes children.
As you probably know, Roe and Co is a new distillery owned by Guinness, around the corner from the Storehouse.
From the FAQ section of the Roe and Co website it says it’s a working distillery “and an alcohol experience,” so the minimum age for visitors is 18.
So that seems pretty sensible, right? After all, many visitors to these places regard them as gigantic ads for the manufacturer’s product, and kids are, as we know, rather vulnerable to the power of advertising.
Perhaps your readers can explain why one branch of Diageo is happy to seduce under 18s, and another branch of the same company – stationed just around the corner – regards such behaviour with the contempt it deserves?
Anyone?/FIGHT!
#UPDATE The European Medicines Agency on Friday approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab for 12- to 15-year-olds, the first vaccine to get the green light for children in the EU pic.twitter.com/uknpzV0WEU
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 28, 2021
It’s time.
This afternoon.
Meanwhile…
I want to get vaccinated because I have seen my friends suffer anxiety because of covid, going into quarantine, sufferings from mental health. And I think we should be going to school in the real world not online: Tia Gupta (Kid in Court for the vaccine) tells @shreyadhoundial pic.twitter.com/0OJHk1iMeH
— News18 (@CNNnews18) May 28, 2021
Earlier: The Second Dose
Ask Them
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Professor of Epidemiology Carl Heneghan tells Julia there is “no evidence” face masks keep pupils and teachers safe in the classroom:
“Talk to children and ask them what it’s like to wear masks in school. They hate them and find them really difficult”@JuliaHB1 | @carlheneghan pic.twitter.com/31KTJzpKUA
— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) April 26, 2021
This morning.
This afternoon.
Strasbourg, France.
Compulsory childhood vaccination in the Czech Republic, with failure to do so resulting in a fine or being barred from nursery school, doesn’t violate the European Convention on Human Rights.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that compulsory vaccinations would not contravene human rights law and may be necessary in democratic societies.
The ruling came following conclusion of a complaint brought to the court by Czech families regarding compulsory jabs for children.
“The measures could be regarded as being ‘necessary in a democratic society,'” the court judgment read.
Although the ruling did not deal directly with COVID-19 vaccines, experts believe it could have implications for the vaccination drive against the virus, especially for those who have so far stated a refusal to accept the jab.
This judgment “reinforces the possibility of a compulsory vaccination under conditions of the current COVID-19 epidemic,” Nicolas Hervieu, a legal expert specializing in the ECHR, told AFP news agency.
ECHR rules obligatory vaccination may be necessary (DW)
European court rules compulsory childhood vaccination doesn’t violate human rights (Politico. eu)
