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Vaccine hesitancy, myths, misinformation or simply saying no to the shot among the reasons Author: Kurt Rivera Updated: 11:31 PM PDT July 6, 2021
CALIFORNIA, USA It appears younger people are not so excited about their chance to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Although the vaccines only became available for youth ages 12-17 in Mid-May, the latest state statistics show only about one in three kids ages 12 to 17 are fully vaccinated. That compares to about two out of every three older adults ages 65 and up who are fully vaccinated. I have talked to many parents, many kids about vaccination and there is some vaccine hesitancy, says Dr. Dean Blumberg, professor and Chief of Pediatric Diseases at UC Davis Children s Hospital.
DeVos Is on Her Way Out, But Public Education Is Still Very Much Under Attack
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the U.S. Department of Education July 8, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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When a Biden victory in the 2020 presidential election became certain, supporters of public education gleefully took to social media to say good riddance to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. DeVos came into office with an agenda to further the privatization of public education by expanding charter schools and by encouraging families to opt out of public schools by any means possible. During her tenure, she effectively used her bully pulpit to cheer on efforts by Republican state lawmakers to expand various forms of voucher programs that give parents public money to homeschool their children or send them to private schools. She awarded many of the nation’s largest charter school chains with millions in f