Why Children Should not be Vaccinated ?
I am Dr. Maya Valecha, M.D. Gynic. from Baroda Medical College. I want to say something about this announcement that has been made to vaccinate children aged 15 to 18 years, and it has been already initiated. Just 3 days prior to this announcement, our National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), which advises the government about each vaccination - whether the vaccine is to be given or not - had said, there is no need for vaccinating children.
The day on which this announcement was made, Dr Sanjay Rai, who had overseen the trial for giving Covaxin to the children, said, "I am very disappointed, there's no need for children to be vaccinated, because we are not aware of the long-term effects of this vaccine. Because of that the risk in vaccinating the children is much bigger. They do not have as much risk from Corona.