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Milwaukee Health Department plans to hold vaccine clinics in city schools
Health department to send home consent forms to parents Share Updated: 7:14 PM CDT May 11, 2021
Health department to send home consent forms to parents Share Updated: 7:14 PM CDT May 11, 2021
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Show Transcript STUDENTS IN THE CITY AS POSSIBLE. 12 NEWS’ HILLARY MINTZ EXPLAINS HOW. HILLARY: KIDS YOUNGER THAN 16 WERE AMONG THE ONLY GROUP NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE COVID VACCINE. THAT ALL CHANGED WITH THE FDA’S EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION OF PFIZER’S VACCINE, FOR KIDS 12 TO 15. AND MILWAUKEE’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING ON A PLAN WITH MILWAUKEE SCHOOLS. WE ARE WORKING WITH MPS AND THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE TO HELP SET UP VACCINE CLINICS. HILLARY: THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF SENDING HOME CONSENT FORMS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PARENTAL CONSENT FORM IS VALID FOR BOTH DOSES. AND BY BRINGING VACCINES TO STUDENTS THEY FEEL IT