London, Europe Brief News – According to new statistics and data being updated, pupils from the underprivileged areas of England are not being vaccinated as efficiently as they should be.
The difference in data of most deprived areas of England and least deprived areas of the country is horrifying.
In the region’s most deprived areas, the vaccination rate stood 36.1 percent for students aged 12-15 compared with the 70.3 percent of the least deprived parts.
“There have been massive outbreaks in schools throughout the past year, culminating in where we are now,” said Dr. Deepti Gurdasani, an epidemiologist and senior lecturer at Queen Mary University.
“That children aren’t being offered vaccines has further compounded this, as the impacts on children and families become clear.
“One in eight primary-school-age children are infected as per the ONS. As they go into schools with very few mitigations in place, sharing air with children who are contacts of cases, without the protection of vaccines, how should families deal with this?”
However, the attitude of the pupils and their parents towards vaccines was also a concerning thing. 24 percent of children aged between 11-14 had parents who disagreed with the fact that their children must get vaccinated, these parents were even up for fights if forced to do so.
The reason behind this aggressive attitude of the parents was that many of them were worried about the side effects and were concerned about the consequences.
On the other hand, there were again different reasons why pupils got vaccinated, for many of them ” I want to save other people’s lives by getting vaccinated” proved to be a motivation.
Others wanted to stay safe from coronavirus and some of them only did it because their family and friends did so.
Nevertheless, everyone who’s eligible for getting vaccinated must do so. There should never be any bit of hesitancy to get yourself and your children vaccinated. False rumors must be heard and dismissed immediately so that our children and community stay safe and covid free.
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders union NAHT, said: “The very high levels of school absence this term shows the impact that Covid-19 continues to have on children and young people.
“The scientists are clear that vaccination is our best form of defense, and so it is vital that all eligible young people can receive either a first or the second jab if that is what they choose to do.
