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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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University of Arkansas hosts webinar to debunk vaccine myths
A panel of medical professionals will address diverse communities specifically. Share Updated: 5:59 AM CDT Apr 22, 2021
A panel of medical professionals will address diverse communities specifically. Share Updated: 5:59 AM CDT Apr 22, 2021 The Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance at the University of Arkansas is hosting a webinar to answer questions about COVID-19 and the vaccine. The session, called Covid-19 and Diverse Communities: Debunking Myths About the Vaccine, features several health experts at the university.Dr. Huda Sharaf, medical director at Pat Walker Health Center; Dr. Derrick Gray, a family and preventative medicine physician; and Dana Fields, an advanced practice nurse at Pat Walker, will answer questions at the end of the discussion. The medical professionals on the panel told 40/29 News while the information will be valuable for everyone, they are focusing specifica