Schools are a hotbed of transmission, you only need to look at the correlation between school term starts and case numbers to see that. The correlation is clear.
Of course, vaccinations should happen via consent and it should not be forced...but I've never suggested it should be forced. However, if a parent wishes their child to be vaccinated then this should be permitted just as by the same token a parent should be able to refuse. For this decision to be afforded, the vaccine has to be approved for use for that age range (like it is in many other countries).
As for myocarditis, the risk is less in a 12 year old than it is in a fully consenting 18 year old.
It all boils down to a fundamental point. Even if the vaccines block one transmission chain, that's potentially one life saved further down the line. The reality is that many transmission chains will be blocked by vaccinating younger teens. It's OK pointing to triple jabbed individuals, but there are people who cannot have the jab at all or who are so immunocompromised that the jab is not as effective as it is on a healthy person. The government has to look at all angles and make a decision...that's simply not the job of the JCVI and is why the government has the casting decision. It's what they are elected in to do...make the tough decisions.
Covid: Schools aren't infection hubs, says public health boss -bbc 3rd sept 2021.
An unwell person, say in a hospital setting, will host a greater reservoir of virus load than a healthy youngster, other patients in for something else then catch covid while in the hospital. I also haven't seen reports of school teachers being at greater risk than say shop workers.
The vaccines already permit a fair degree of transmission so those immunocompromised will still likely be isolating now, and taking extra precautions. I think even with every 12-15 yrs old jabbed that won't change a lot. I believe though an effective therapeutic medicine could make a difference to public fear levels in that regard.
Israel has vaccinated youngsters and yet they currently have some of the highest infection rates in the world.
I'm glad we agree on consent, however that is being slightly undermined by high levels of censorship, suppressing dissenting voices of scientists and docs, and accounts of potential vaccine injury/side effects. Informed consent needs full disclosure and open scientific debate, then as an individual/parent you make your mind up, it's not perfect but the alternative of no free choice is worse.
Communist style regimes always ride roughshod over the individual and his rights, the clip posted of dan andrews shows a belligerence towards the individual, let's not discard our long-held civil freedoms in western societies because of covid, it's not sensible.