“I am certainly not going to argue with an eminent scientist but I think what I would say is a week on Monday we are at a moment, a national moment – 10 million children and young people are going to start the process of going back into their schools.
“The government today is launching a campaign to try to reassure parents that they should be sending their children back – that tells you something about the level of anxiety there is.
“So, it’s understandable that what teachers will say is if you want that public confidence would it not make sense that you simply say to those people working in schools, they have been vaccinated as well.
