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There are different considerations for traveling with children under 12, who do not have access to COVID-19 vaccines.
If you’re a fully vaccinated adult, odds are you’ve started making travel plans for this summer or later in 2021. But for those with children, it’s not quite so simple.
As of now, there are no COVID-19 vaccines approved for children under 12, which means families are left wondering if it’s safe to travel with their little ones and how to do so while minimizing risk.
“The answer to these questions ultimately comes down to parents’ overall risk tolerance and level of comfort; however, there are factors that should be considered when making a decision to take a trip with your children if they are unvaccinated,” said Dr. Vivek Cherian, an internal medicine physician affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical System.
May 25, 2021
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David Thomas ’78 B.A., ’86 Ph.D.
Distinguished scholar and Morehouse College president David Thomas ’78 B.A., ’84 M.A., ’84 M.PHIL., ’86 Ph.D. has been elected to serve as an alumni fellow of Yale’s Board of Trustees, known formally as the Yale Corporation, in worldwide balloting of university graduates. He begins a six-year term on July 1.
Before being appointed president of Morehouse College, in Atlanta, in 2018, Thomas served as dean and William R. Berkley Chair of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business from 2011 to 2017; as the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University from 1990 to 2011; and as assistant professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School from 1986 to 1990. His scholarly work focuses on the intersection of race, careers, and organizations.