eltonioni wrote:The kids were great although they were questions of a more personal and technical nature "I had Covid, how long until I can get the jab" ....
I thought that was actually a bonus. A 12yo asks a serious question about something which is reasonably on his mind, and an eminent professional has to pause to think, realise that there is not yet a full easy answer, and says so, but does his best to summarise what is currently known or reasonably believed by scientists. This, to me, was more convincing and impressive than if a media 'presenter' asked a Minister or PHE senior official had asked essentially the same question as a hypothetical 'if the parent of a 12yo asked you..'; indeed, neither of those might even have realised that such a question was in that 12yo's mind, and possibly that of many contemporaries.
I also noted the remark by one of the 'Today' presenters immediately after the exchanges that the toughest job he had had in broadcasting was preparing appropriately pithily worded but still accurate and balanced gists of current news stories for BBC's 'Newsround' bulletins aimed at children.
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