UK covid inquiry: Bereaved families question vaccination strategies

The fourth module of the UK covid-19 inquiry is examining vaccines and therapeutics. Jacqui Wise summarises the latest evidence

Prioritising keyworkers for vaccination

Giving evidence to the inquiry on 15 January, Jean Rossiter, who set up the group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, questioned if key workers such as teachers and transport workers should have been prioritised for early access to vaccination.1

Rossiter’s son Peter was a music teacher who only received his first vaccine dose in May 2021, five months after the first vaccine was given in the UK. He contracted covid-19 soon after a delay in receiving his second dose in July. He was admitted to intensive care in hospital and died on 11 August.

Covid inquiry chair Heather Hallet said, “You had a fit and healthy young son, under 40, and so it helps to remind people that we’re not just about protecting people who some may think have had a good innings, we’re about protecting the whole population.”

Concern about delivery of vaccines in Scotland

Melanie Newdick, from Scottish Covid Bereaved, …

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