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School starts in about a month in Arkansas and doctors on the Fayetteville Board of Health said everyone over the age of 12 needs to get vaccinated now to be fully protected from COVID-19 and the dangerous Delta variant by the time kids are back in the classroom.Dr. Marti Sharkey, Fayetteville s city health officer, said the symptoms of COVID-19 with the delta variant are a little bit different than what we ve been used to over the past year. It starts very much like a common cold or allergies. It’s a sore throat, runny nose congestion. Fever is not a big component, cough is not a big component, the loss of taste and smell that we are all so clued into, oh I can smell my morning coffee I’m alright, that’s no longer the test, Sharkey said.According to the Arkansas Department of Health, 15% of Arkansas active COVID-19 cases are in children under the age of 18.Sharkey said the key to keeping kids younger than 12 who can t get vaccinated safely is for everyone who is eligibl
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