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Eastern Jackson County schools grapple with virus and vaccines
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net
The Examiner
Federal regulators extending vaccine availability to older teenagers comes at a time local health officials say they’re seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases in young adults, and some schools have been dealing with small case clusters and have offered vaccine clinics for students as the school year winds down.
People age 16-19 have been eligible for the Pfizer vaccine for a couple of weeks – those age 16 and 17 need parental consent – and soon that vaccine could be available for children ages 12-15.