As the U.S. launches a campaign to vaccinate teens against COVID-19, public-health officials are leaping into action on a new strategy designed to involve family doctors, pediatricians and schools.
“School-based vaccinations have the benefit of reaching adolescents in their own communities,” said the CDC’s Sara Oliver during a recent meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, also known as ACIP.
Heather Rosenstein of Westchester County said she’s eager for her 15-year-old son Spencer to be vaccinated. Spencer started his freshman year of high school remotely, and though he’s since returned to the classroom, she sees immunization as the bridge back to some semblance of normalcy.
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