It is clear that children and young people have borne a disproportionate share of the suffering throughout the pandemic.
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Can a Trauma Informed Approach and adherence to COVID-19 guidelines ethically co-exist?
Can a trauma informed approach and adherence to COVID Guidelines Ethically co-exist?
Recent deaths in young people in England and Wales
The mortality data for England and Wales from ONS from 1 May 2021 until 17 September 2021 shows a significant excess, particularly in the 15-19 year age group
Halt COVID-19 vaccinations in children
6 October 2021 – Giving children novel mRNA vaccination for COVID-19 is a medical intervention that remains unjustified.
No effect of school closures on COVID-19 in children
6 October 2021 – There should never again be any suggestion of closing schools in order to mitigate the spread of a respiratory virus.
New government report misleads about COVID-19 in children
29 September 2021 – The effects on children have clearly been exaggerated and used to push unwarranted injections of healthy children.
Injunction request to halt COVID-19 vaccine roll-out for children
29 September 2021 – A case was heard in the Court of Appeal on Wednesday 22 September requesting an injunction to halt the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccines in children aged 12-15.
Children, coercive consent & COVID-19 vaccines
29 September 2021 – In among the Chief Medical Officers’ inexcusable and unexplainable decision last week to proceed with COVID-19 vaccination of 12-15 year-olds, there lurked a deeply disturbing paragraph.
Over 30,000 Scottish secondary school children infected but don’t know it
16 September 2021 – The ONS claims that 9-10% of under 20s are currently infected.
Chris Whitty ignores JCVI advice
16 September – 12-15 year olds now offered COVID-19 vaccines ‘to avoid educational disruptions’ and ‘for their mental health’
COVID-19 vaccines: unnecessary for healthy 12 to 15-year-olds
9 September 2021 – Grave concerns about the balance of risk. Vaccines are not required to prevent educational disruption.
Myocarditis in children and young adults
20 August 2021 – The roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents has begun, despite evidence that myocarditis is a side effect of the vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccine to be offered to 16 and 17 year-olds
6 August 2021 – In attempting to defend the sudden change in position, JCVI Chair Professor Wei Shen Lim was entirely unconvincing in his reasoning.
Children continue to be let down
6 August 2021 – The last school year will go down in history as one of the worst for children and young people’s rights, dignities and mental health.
Children’s vaccine advice changing by the day
22 July 2021 – Adult protection is ethically achieved through adults protecting themselves, not by passing on the risks of vaccination to children.
New data confirms children at extremely low risk
15 July 2021 – From the beginning of the pandemic, it has been apparent that COVID-19 is largely a disease of the elderly or those with other co-morbidities and mercifully has had minimal impact on children.
More hypocrisy on display at Wimbledon and Wembley
15 July 2021 – In case we were in any doubt, there are now extreme double standards at play in our society. How long will we allow this rampant hypocrisy to continue?
Children receive vaccine despite the rules
8 July 2021 – It is shocking to read that Rochdale Borough Council and some GPs have defied the current rules and are already vaccinating healthy 16 and 17-year-olds.
