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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Mississippi kids 12 and older can now get COVID-19 vaccine

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Mississippi kids 12 and older can now get COVID-19 vaccine
Mississippi kids 12 and older can now get COVID-19 vaccine
Mississippi kids 12 and older can now get COVID-19 vaccine

PARENTS ARE HESITANT ROSS?WELL DOCTORS BELIEVE THIS COULDBE A STEP CLOSER TO GETTING THESTATE BACK TO NORMAL A RECENTHEALTH DEPARTMENT SURVEY FOUNDABOUT HALF A PACIFIC PARENTSPLAN TO GET THEIR KIDSVACCINATED.WE SPOKE WITH ONE PARENT WHO’SOPTING OUT.THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS MORETHAN 164,000 MISSISSIPPI KIDSBETWEEN 12 AND 15 ARE NOWELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID-19VACCINE MOST LIKELY WOULD LETTHEM.XN8.I MEAN, I DON’T FIND A PROBLEMWITH IT AT ALL LIKE KIDS THERE.THEY WANT TO GO TO SUMMER CAMPBECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN COOPED UPIN THEIR HOUSE FOR A LONG TIME.SO OF THEM I WOULD GET A VACCINESHOT A RECENT STATE HEALTHDEPARTMENT SURVEY OF 11,000PARENTS FOUND ABOUT HALF PLAN TOGET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED BUTNOT LASHANDRA DANIELS.THAT’S WHY I JUST DON’T WANT HERTO HAVE HERS.YOU KNOW, I’M NOT GONNA GETMINE.SO WE JUST TAKE OUR STEPS ANDPROTECTING OURSELF AND THAT’SALL WE NEED STATE HEALTHOFFICER, DR. THOMAS DOBBS HASCLINICAL TRIALS TO SHOW FIGHTERSVACCINE IS 100% EFFECTIVE FORCHILDREN AND THE 12 TO 15 AGEGROUP.IT’S GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GETYOUR KIDS VACCINATED LET THEMBACK TO NORMAL LIFE KNOW THATTHEY’VE MISSED OUT A LOT THISPAST YEAR.NOW PARENTS WILL HAVE TO TAKETHEIR KIDS TO THE VACCINATIONSITE AND THEY MUST SIGN ACONSENT FORM BEFORE THE KIDS GETTHE SHOT NOW SINCE THEY ONLYTESTED THE PFIZER VACCINE ONTHIS AGE GROUP.THAT’S THE ONLY VACCINE THATTHEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET LIVE ATTHE STATE HEA

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