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The 50s and over were advised to get their second jab after 8 weeks.
I think it's still 12 weeks for the under 50s.
It's a numbers game, dropping the over 50s down to 8 weeks will reduce the number of deaths overall by boosting the protection earlier, but it may lead to an increase the number of incidents of Covid-19 in that cohort although they should be less severe.
Again, remember that vaccination isn't binary, it doesn't prevent infection, it's about lessening the severity of the symptoms when you do get infected and, ideally, giving the body the ability to fight off the infection straight away before any symptoms present and before the host becomes anywhere near infectious.