The UK's vaccine advisory body has refused to give the green light to vaccinating healthy children

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The UK's vaccine advisory body has refused to give the green light to vaccinating healthy children aged 12-15 years on health grounds alone. The JCVI said children were at such a low risk from the virus that jabs would offer only a marginal benefit. The UK's four chief medical officers have now been asked to have the final say, and to consider the wider impact on schools and society.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58438669

Is it worth it to give teenagers and younger kids the vaccine? I wondered about the risk vs benefit after the heart inflammation problem arose but could not objective information to make a comparison.

The article compares risks:

Data from the US, where millions of young teenagers have been vaccinated, suggests there are 60 cases of the heart condition for every million second doses given to 12 to 17-year-old boys (compared to eight in one million girls).

And,

Paediatricians say that healthy children with Covid end up in intensive care at a rate of two in one million, but this rises to 100 in one million for children with certain health problems.

Long Covid was not a factor in the comparison because it's not known how many children experience it. The impact on others was not a part of the Advisory Board's calculations either.