>Fair enough. Under 12 the risks from both COVID and vaccines are so small that it is not easy to be sure which is higher - that is the reason for the UK not allowing under 12 vaccines (though with omicron upping the stakes they may soon do that - we will see).
I'm not sure if it has changed recently (I'm only talking UK here), but when the 12-16 rollout was announced, it was admitted that there was no clear medical benefit. The spin was that the benefit was less school disruption (without any evidence to back this up IIRC).
My daughter is 11.....I'm hoping there will be better data (and a better overall situation!) to have a conversation with her by the time she turns 12.
I would encourage over 18s, and personally I've been triple jabbed. Not become magnetic as yet. Oh, and I drink a significant amount of coffee a day as a prophylactic - on past performance this works equally well as the vaccines.
I forgot to mention that I'm fully signed up for my mafia and silicon chip tracking. I don't qualify for J membership.