Updated: 4:57 PM EDT April 13, 2021
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. COVID-19 vaccines are now open to all Pennsylvania adults.
People 18 and older can get all three vaccines but only Pfizer s vaccine has been approved for teenagers who are 16 and 17.
Health care officials worry that some younger people are losing interest in getting the vaccine, specifically those known as Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2015. This is not the time to let down the guard. Getting the vaccination, honestly, in the big scheme of things, it s not a big deal compared to the illness itself. I get it. I used to be at an age where I thought nothing was going to happen to me and it would be someone else, but please, I make a plea as I did with my own daughter: get vaccinated, keep yourself safe and keep your family safe, said Dr. William Cors, the chief medical officer at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono in East Stroudsburg.