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When the COVID vaccine became available to young people ages 16 and older, Evelyn Arce heard students say they wouldn’t get vaccinated because they don’t trust the vaccine.
They had Evelyn convinced for a day or two. But the 17-year-old senior at Hoover High in City Heights soon changed her mind based on data, not peer pressure.
Recent data show COVID case rates have plummeted as more people have been vaccinated, Evelyn said, and society is opening back up again.
“I was like, ‘Why am I listening to my peers when there’s people that know more?’,” she said Wednesday. “I don’t believe the conspiracy theories going around, because I see the statistics.”
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Arcer plans to get her vaccine on Monday, during the first of Hoover High’s two-day vaccine clinics.
“I just want to visit my grandparents this summer. I want them to feel safe, I want to travel safely. And just in general, I feel like my community would be better off if I was vaccinated, she said.
Doctor Howard Taras, UCSD professor and pediatrician who has been advising the district during the pandemic said, “If we want to make sure students get the vaccine, probably the best way to do that is to bring it to them, instead of having them go somewhere else.”