On Friday, December 17, the ethics committee announced that it had approved the anti-Covid vaccination of all children between the ages of 5 and 11. The government’s decision is still unknown.
The national ethics committee (CCNE) approved Friday, December 17, the anti-covid vaccination in all children aged between 5 and 11 years. On the other hand, the condition of leaving the choice to the parents to do it or not and not to introduce a sanitare pass for this age group was well underlined by the members during the press conference.
For the moment, only the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11, at risk of serious forms of Covid 19 (400,000 children concerned) has been approved by the HAS on December 6. But the question of opening it to everyone was immediately addressed.
HAS decision still awaited
Emmanuel Macron seemed to agree that it should remain on a voluntary basis, while insisting that the vaccination of children was “desirable” and that he did not rule out the possibility of making it compulsory. Currently no official government decision has yet been announced. The decision-making authorities are still awaiting the approval of several bodies, notably the HAS. A defense council is meeting today, Friday, December 17, to decide on possible health rules in order to stop the 5th wave of Covid 19.
What is the ethics committee?
Created in 1983 by François Mitterrand, CCNE is independent and only advisory. He has no decision-making power. “Its mission is to produce opinions and reports on the issues referred to it, in order to stimulate ethical debate within society. Its fields of reflection cover the fields of biology, medicine and health. “, they explain.
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68% of parents opposed to the vaccination of 5-11 year olds
An Elabe poll for the Express, BFMTV and SFR published on Thursday, December 16, revealed that 68% of parents of children between the ages of 5 and 11 were opposed to having them vaccinated (including 47% very opposed).
The main reservation for many being the risk of side effects related to the vaccine compared to the beneficial effect knowing that children were heretofore announced as little affected. Nevertheless, the interest for scientists being that they can be vectors of the virus and their protection could contribute to the general coverage of the population. Despite everything, the ethics committee ensures that it has thought above all about the health interests of children first. Alexandra Benachi, member and obstetrician who declared according to Le Monde: “The risk of severe form exists [même s’]he is weak “.
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