Boris Johnson prepares to overrule experts and offer vaccine to all teenagers

independent.co.uk

I don't expect this will change any minds, and I even think maybe it's the right political move, placating people in this way.

But I hope it's at least obvious to anyone not deliberately deceiving themselves that these issues are political and not just a question of "following the science".

This comment in a prior thread provides a good explanation of why someone might make this choice besides some sort of dark, political motive:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28410695

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