At a Pilsen school’s gym, 12-year-old Sofia Lemus sat down to get her third COVID-19 shot. The seventh grader, who wore stacks of friendship bracelets on her wrists, pulled up her sleeves, saying she wanted to get the vaccine so she didn’t get sick. “I was a little bit scared, because I thought it was going to hurt,” Lemus said. “But it didn’t hurt so I was OK.” About a dozen kids received .
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