Published January 25. 2021 12:01AM
Parental involvement is paramount regarding the encouragement of young people to be vaccinated for the coronavirus. The importance of young people being vaccinated when vaccines are available to them cannot be overstated. Young people are carriers of the virus, but do not know it because they are often asymptomatic and have not been tested.
Recently, I completed a survey of students at a midsized university in Connecticut to determine the extent of their vaccine hesitancy regarding coronavirus vaccines. The random sample consisted of 592 graduate and undergraduate students. Responses to the survey question, Will you be vaccinated for the coronavirus when vaccines are available to you? included the following responses: 299 (50.6%) responded yes, 176 (29.8%) responded no, and 114 (19.3%) responded not sure. Approximately half of the students responded no or were not sure. Comments from students regarding their responses showed that fear of the u
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BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
Steven Walker, of Canton, was named to the dean s list for the fall semester at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. To qualify, a student must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0.
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
Aidan Kierce, of Canton, was named to the dean s list for the fall semester at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. To qualify, a full-time degree seeking undergraduate student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.6 quality point average during the semester.
Colin Cochran, of Stoughton, was named to the dean s list for the fall semester at the College of William & Mary.