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Closed petition PE2211: Follow the science and broaden eligibility for Covid vaccines
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to recognise the flaws in JCVI guidance and broaden eligibility for updated Covid vaccines (including Novavax) to include those at moderate and high risk.
Background information
The latest JCVI guidance (adopted by UK Government June 2025 see: https://tinyurl.com/JCVIadvice2025 ) reduces eligibility of vaccines for unclear reasons. Teachers, health and care workers have had this withdrawn - alongside carers, vulnerable people and disabled people; this discriminates against the poor, whose health is already negatively impacted.
In addition to the suffering and distress caused by acute Covid infections, Long Covid and other health consequences (sequelae) of catching Covid are leading to increasing levels of illness and disability, which impacts all aspects of society and the economy.
In Autumn 2024 health and care workers in Scotland were eligible for Covid vaccines - a precedent for disengaging from JCVI guidance, and a privilege of Health being devolved to Holyrood.
In calling for further disengagement from JCVI guidance, it is important to consider the serious flaws in the JCVI's position, see: https://elephant19.substack.com/p/the-flaws-in-jcvis-position
This petition was considered by the Scottish Parliament
139 signatures