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The FDAâs approval of Pfizerâs COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds is an important step in the nationâs path toward herd immunity and for providing an additional layer of protection that will make it easier for teenagers to attend summer camp and in-person schooling in the fall.
However, the greatest challenge to getting 17 million teens vaccinated might not be FDA approval but instead parental approval.
The Kaiser Family Foundationâs Vaccine Monitor found only 3 in 10 parents say they will get their child vaccinated as soon as a vaccine is available. Nearly 25% will wait to see how itâs working, 18% will vaccinate only if their childâs school requires it and 23% say they will definitely not get their child vaccinated.
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In parts of rural Michigan, the vaccine may be free, but it is harder to sell
Where farmland stretches from Monroe to Cass County along the Michigan-Ohio line, mistrust and fear play into willingness to take COVID-19 vaccines.
Kristen Jordan Shamus and Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press
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5:33 pm UTC May. 24, 2021
Cassidy Johnson sat on a stool at a high-top table at the Spin Clean Coin Laundry in Monroe, waiting as her clothes sloshed inside a high-capacity washing machine.
She was resolute about COVID-19 vaccines. I have not taken it, and I will not take it, said Johnson, 33, of Monroe. I already have an autoimmune disease and definitely will not be putting something else in my body that I don t feel like needs to be there.