C-19 Inquiry Module 8 – Children and Young People

‘‘It was recognised that government policies and measures were KNOWINGLY causing HUGE HARM to children and young people and that they were paying a HUGE price to protect the rest of society.’’  “There has been no proper explanation for such an EGREGIOUS FAILING…to have recognised that you are INTENTIONALLY doing something that is likely to cause harm…recognise that is IT IS causing harm and yet not having done the work to put in to mitigation or a reduction in those harms is simply inexplicable and has not been explained.’’ This from the KC to the NI Children’s Commissioner.

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DNA screening for every baby

According to Health Secretary Wes Streeing, “Within a decade, every newborn will undergo whole genome sequencing, which assesses the risk of hundreds of diseases.” Will advances in genomics allow people to “leapfrog” killer illnesses and receive “personalised” health care or will it just lead to more fear mongering about future health and a bonanza for the pharmaceutical industry?

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6-month cardiac follow-up data finally arrives

In August 2021, the JCVI said they wanted to delay a decision about children’s covid vaccines until 6-month followup data was available on children from the US who had sustained vaccine-induced myocarditis. But instead of waiting, they passed the decision to the Chief Medical Officers, who decided the jabs would be good for children’s mental health! Well the data is now in and it is not encouraging.

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The Ickabog by JK Rowling: A Review

“What must happen for evil to get a grip on a person, or of a country, and what does it take to defeat it? Why do people choose to believe lies even on scant or non-existent evidence?” This was the foreward to JK Rowling’s account of life in the mythical country of Cornucopia. Our reviewer invites readers to think of any modern day parallels.

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Does mother know best?

The cost-benefit decisions that drive NHS spending can be hard to reconcile. On one hand, loving parents face roadblocks from courts and medical experts when seeking life-saving treatments for their children. On the other, vast sums are spent on COVID-19 interventions, raising the question: What is a life truly worth, and who gets to decide? Shouldn’t loving parents have more say when the stakes are so high?

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Gender ideology: What’s happening in the rest of the UK?

Gender ideology has been topical in England in recent years, with significant happenings, such as The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock Clinic closing, the banning of puberty blockers being prescribed to children, and the release of the recent CASS report, which highlighted the lack of a clear evidence base for allowing children to change sex. In a further shift of policy, NHS England has rightly stated that biological sex is fact and should be respected in hospital settings.

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