The walk-in clinic at Canyon Hills High School formerly Serra High School was just the convenience Rowena Orila was looking for when she heard the news at work that Pfizer s vaccine received emergency FDA clearance for 12 to 15-year-olds.
“When I got to the house I rushed in and told my sister, ‘Hey! Let’s get Gabe vaccinated, she said.
Gabriel, 13, is the only one in his family who s not yet vaccinated. With a summer trip to Virginia planned, he and his aunt raced to Canyon Hills, one of SDUSD s eight walk-in vaccine clinics, hoping to get his shot.
“I don t want to spread it to my family and everyone else I’m near. I have a grandma I want to take care of and she s really old and I don’t want her to pass away so soon, Gabriel said.