COVID-19 vaccine won t be required at Indiana s K-12 schools, at least not anytime soon Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star
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More kids are eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean that schools will start requiring the vaccine.
This week, the Pfizer vaccine received emergency use authorization for children as young as 12. Availability for those newly eligible – kids between the ages of 12 and 15 – could begin in the next day or two.
While most schools and state health officials are encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated, there is currently no requirement they do so. The Indiana State Department of Health says there won’t be one as long as the vaccine is being administered under emergency use authorization.
ARIKA HERRON
The Indianapolis Star
Reopening Indiana schools last fall did contribute to the spread of COVID-19 cases, a new study found, but not as much as researchers expected to find.
The study from a team of Indiana University researchers, doctors, statisticians and educators, found that in-person school did result in additional cases of COVID-19 but the number of cases attributable to in-person school was very low compared to total new cases.
âOpening schools we knew would have risk,â Dr. Gabriel Bosslet, associate professor of clinical medicine in the IU school of medicine, said. âPeople would be infected and people would spread the virus. No one knew the extent of that risk.â
Reopening Indiana schools last fall did contribute to the spread of COVID-19 cases, a new study found, but not as much as researchers expected to find.
The study from a team of Indiana University researchers, doctors, statisticians and educators, found that in-person school did result in additional cases of COVID-19 but the number of cases attributable to in-person school was very low compared to total new cases.
“Opening schools we knew would have risk,” Dr. Gabriel Bosslet, associate professor of clinical medicine in the IU school of medicine, said. “People would be infected and people would spread the virus. No one knew the extent of that risk.”