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earlier, professor wei shen lim from thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, set out morede. a particular point to remember throughout all of this, is that there is a very strong influence of age on the risk associated with covid. we know this for adults, we know that older adults are at a higher risk than younger adults, and it is also true for children and young people. therefore, a 16—year—old child would be at higher risk than a 13—year—old child, for instance. that means in general terms, the benefits of vaccination are typically greater for older children compared to younger children. that point needs to be borne in mind. the deputy chief medical officer, professorjonathan van tam, said he wanted 16 and 17—year—olds to be able to get their firstjabs within the next few weeks. obviously, children are going to start going back to colleges and sixth forms from september and in scotland that will be actually i think slightly earlier in some cases, so there is no time to waste in getting on with this. we have the jcvi advice on starting that initial first dose in 16 and 1