Should we vaccinate kids against Covid?

Children could start getting Covid vaccines over the summer as part of the government’s herd immunity strategy. As Katy Balls reported last month, the current thinking in government is that vaccinating the majority of the population is the best way to stop the virus in its tracks. But where does this leave parents like me who have concerns about giving their children the jab?

NHS England’s chief executive Simon Stevens has already mooted the idea of combining the flu and Covid vaccinations into one dose. And streamlining the two vaccinations makes perfect sense for adults. But it could put parents in a difficult position. 

Flu can pose a much greater risk to children than Covid – it causes more child deaths in the U.S. than any other vaccinated disease. My own daughter ended up in hospital after flu complications last winter.