Lower vaccine efficacy is a deterrent for parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19. The vaccine's effectiveness drops to just 12 percent in young children four weeks after getting fully vaccinated.
According to research from Jefferies, child care is very expensive in South Korea and China. They ranked first and second respectively in the list of most expensive places in the world to raise a child from birth to age 18.
Child care deserts have been popping up in New York recently. The state wants to address that problem, creating a $70 million fund that they hope will help child care programs in New York.