Claim: Covid-19 vaccines do not protect 5-year-olds or 12-year-olds against serious illness or death with the disease.
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Verdict: this is not true. covid-19 vaccines do substantially protect against the small risk of serious illness and death in children.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-02-25T00:00:00