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Depending on the state and even county, minors may be required to have a parent present to get the shot. Some parents may not be able to get away from work to do that. Others are unsure about allowing their kids to get a vaccine that was approved only for emergency use.
Protests have popped up outside schools offering the vaccine, discouraging kids who may already be nervous.
Mission Bay High School in San Diego provides an example of the mixed reaction among students.
“I’m not getting it,” said Tatum Merrill, 14, standing with friends outside a mobile vaccine clinic at the school. “It was developed too fast and is kind of sketchy. And I feel like the number of COVID cases is dying down so if everybody else has it, there may not be a need for me to have it.”
Schools try pep-rally tactics to get students vaccinated
JULIE WATSON, Associated Press
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1of17San Pedro High School students hold vaccination signs at a school-based COVID-19 vaccination event for students 12 and older in San Pedro, Calif., Monday, May 24, 2021. Schools are turning to mascots, prizes and contests to entice youth ages 12 and up to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before summer break.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less
2of17A student looks back at his mother, as he is vaccinated at a school-based COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students 12 and older in San Pedro, Calif., Monday, May 24, 2021. Schools are turning to mascots, prizes and contests to entice youth ages 12 and up to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before summer break.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less
Schools are using mascots, prizes and contests to entice students to get vaccinated Share Updated: 5:45 PM CDT May 25, 2021 JULIE WATSON Share Updated: 5:45 PM CDT May 25, 2021
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Show Transcript mm It is my pleasure to welcome everybody SAn Pedro High School. The very first sight in L. A. Usd to begin offering student vaccinations. The single best place to vaccinate a child is at their local neighborhood school Now. Why is that? It s where students are every day. Mm. Yeah. It s gonna help a lot to be able to see my friends a little bit more than my family. I m excited for that. I m really excited that mandates and guidelines are happy to start to go away as you know, I was a comply with everything but I m really excited that we get some more leniency in my life.
Julie Watson
People protest outside of Southfield High School in Southfield, Mich., during the hours of a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Friday, May 21, 2021. Students who show proof of vaccination will get a free ticket to the senior prom worth $80. The incentive drew protesters who said awarding the vaccinated could lead to harassment of students who haven t gotten shots. (Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press via AP) May 25, 2021 - 1:21 PM
SAN DIEGO (AP) â A growing number of public schools are using mascots, food trucks and prize giveaways to create a pep-rally atmosphere aimed at encouraging students to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before summer vacation.
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