Director of Denmark's National Board of Health says the country was mistaken to vaccinate children for COVID/ TV2

 

In hindsight, we did not get much out of vaccinating the children, Brostrøm admits

by Emilie Haaber Lynggaard

We have become wiser, and we would not do the same today, says Søren Brostrøm.

 

With the knowledge we have today, we did not get much out of having children vaccinated against coronavirus last year.

This is acknowledged by the director of the National Board of Health, Søren Brostrøm, on Wednesday, where the future corona strategy has been presented

 

From mid-July last year, the first 12-15-year-old children in Denmark were invited to receive a vaccine against coronavirus. In November, the 5-11-year-olds were also recommended to be vaccinated against the virus.

At the time, it was said that the vaccinations were not predominantly for the children's own sake, but to ensure epidemic control in Denmark.

When Søren Brostrøm hosted 'Go' evening Live 'on TV 2 on Wednesday night, he was asked if it was a mistake to vaccinate children.

- With what we know today: yes. With what we knew then: no, was the answer.

At the press conference earlier Wednesday, Søren Brostrøm also said that in the spring it was clear that the vaccines were not particularly preventive, but rather prevented serious illness, and that we must therefore now "take the learning further":

- In retrospect, we did not get much out of the expansion of the vaccination program for children when it comes to epidemic control. But it is seen in hindsight.

An "unjustified hard pressure on the parents"

Christine Stabell Benn, clinical professor at the University of Southern Denmark, has long been critical of the coronary vaccination of children. She had no doubt that the recommendation was unnecessary, already when Denmark went it alone and recommended them to the age group 12-15 years last summer.

- We had some vaccines with a very unknown side effect profile, and at the same time we had some children who had nothing to gain by being vaccinated, she says to TV 2.