Pediatricians Work To Persuade Parents And Teens To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

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🗓️ 11 May 2021

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Some colleges and universities have announced that COVID vaccination will be mandatory (with some exemptions) and the FDA has authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15. While coronavirus infections are declining in the United States, vaccination rates also appear to be slowing down, so pediatricians and public health officials say they're trying to spread the word to overcome hesitancy, and get the vaccine out to people where they go to school and shop. Emily talks with NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey about this and other topics in the pandemic news.

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0:00.0	You're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:05.4	Hey everybody, Emily Kwong here with NPR Health Correspondent Allison Aubrey, who has been
0:10.8	a shortwave regularly giving us the latest on the pandemic.
0:15.3	Hey Allison, hi Emily, a pleasure to be here again.
0:18.1	And this week there is some positive news.
0:21.6	New cases of coronavirus continue to fall around the country.
0:26.5	And 44% of the adult population is now vaccinated.
0:31.3	And Monday evening, the FDA authorized the use of the Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15 year
0:37.3	olds.
0:38.3	So today on the show we're going to talk about that.
0:40.2	And new CDC models, which offer hope that the US is on the right track for a summer
0:45.8	that may feel a bit more familiar.
0:48.5	And just in time for Memorial Day weekend, that is coming up on shortwave, the Daily Science
0:53.2	Podcast from NPR.
1:00.2	Okay, Allison Aubrey, we've been hearing four weeks now that this age group 12 to 15
1:06.7	year olds are next.
1:08.8	What do we know about how the vaccine works for them?
1:11.1	Sure, we'll scientists at the FDA have been reviewing the clinical trial data that
1:15.2	included more than 2,000 kids.
1:17.6	And it appears to be all positive.
1:20.3	Children in this age group develop a lot of antibodies.
1:23.0	They have very mild side effects.
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