Not really reprehensible if you listen to the advice from the UK (where I am from)
JCVI advises a non-urgent offer of two 10 mcg doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty®) to children aged 5 to 11 years of age who are not in a clinical risk group. The 2 doses should be offered with an interval of at least 12 weeks between doses.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jcvi-update-on-advice-for-covid-19-vaccination-of-children-aged-5-to-11/jcvi-statement-on-vaccination-of-children-aged-5-to-11-years-old
If you read it its not quite the blanket advice you say medical experts are telling us. 'non urgent, 'not in a clincal risk group', 'offer'
Lets all calm down please, the whole article gives good balanced advice, and far from the doomsday scenario some are advocating.