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Erie Co. to work with community providers to help vaccinate teens
ECDOH will give Pfizer doses to doctors offices for teenagers.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â 30% of 16 and 17 year olds in Erie County have at least one dose of the vaccine, according to Erie County. Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein said the county is looking to raise the vaccination rate in teenagers. We re trying really hard to work with our community providers that see adolescents, because we re able to accept those large doses of Pfizer and then distribute the smaller aliquots to the community providers who take care of these adolescents and they can vaccinate them in their own offices, Burstein said.
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Now that teenagers 16-years and up can be vaccinated there is a big push to actually get the shots in the arms, like anything new there has been some reservation from some parents, even I was concerned about possible side effects. Now that at least 30% of 16 and 17-year-olds have at least one dose, I feel that the confidence level is rising in parents to have it done.
Here Is One Idea From Erie County
Since bringing the vaccines into the schools would not be feasible because there would not be enough storage space. One thought would be to get the school bus transportation to take busloads of students to the vaccination site, this would require parental permission.