schools across the kcountry ove whether to keep kids in the classroom or return to online learning as the omicron variant spread. it comes as the rate of hospitalizations is the highest it s ever been. in indianapolis the superintendent of public schools says she s determined to keep kids in the classroom. dozens of kids signed up for shots at two vaccination clinics held by the school. mr. superintendent, good to see you. why is it so important if your view to keep kids in the classroom as covid hospitalizations soar again. right. absolutely. thanks so much for having me this amp. i think what we know and what we experienced over the last nearly two years now is that when we are able to have our students together with their peers and teacher, in person for learning, that s the best environment in which we can provide the
and also during school hours. bringing the vaccine clinics into schools brings politics into schools as well and opportunities for social pressure from other students and teachers and staff administrators to get the vaccine. and even override parental consent. carley: right now, we are talking about public schools and an outside group came and told his clinic and give people vaccines. so the school superintendent released a statement, we incorrectly assume all vaccination clinics followed the same protocol that the children hospital. please know we do not condone the administration of covid vaccines or any other vaccines to minors without a parent present to provide consent. greg, they are sort of apologizing in that statement in the way. how does that make you feel?
batteries than ever before and we re teaming up with mayors and labor to save families and businesses money by improving efficience in your building and the battle against the deadly virus, we ve gone from putting 2 million shots in vaccinations in people s arms to 210 million americans fully vaccinated. [ applause ] when you mayors have been critical partners. i m not trying to it be nice to you. it is a fact. you ve been in the fight from day one. from masking to testing to vaccinations. we partnered with you. [ applause ] we partnered with you on the mayor s challenge last summer. 115 cities working together to get americans vaccinated. in richmond, mayor stony created vaccination clinics that doubled the job fairs. get your shot and it is also a job fair.
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