27 Sep 2021

The benefits and risks of the Pfizer vaccine in kids and adults

Our FactCheck reporter Georgina Lee explains the benefits and risks of vaccinating both children and adults with the Pfizer jab.

A few weeks back, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation made their recommendation on whether healthy 12 to 15-year-olds should get the Covid vaccine.

Yet the chief medical officers of the four nations made their own assessment and said it was best to give a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine to that age group.

Now that may seem a bit confusing, so our FactCheck reporter Georgina Lee is going to explain it all: the benefits and risks of vaccinating both children and adults with the Pfizer jab.

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