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Now, more than 15 percent of Wisconsin kids between the ages of 12 and 15 have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
However, that number is smaller in most counties in Northeastern Wisconsin, where between 1 and 7 percent of kids in that age group have gotten vaccinated.
Much fewer kids have gotten the COVID shot than older adults, but kids are also much less likely to experience the severe side effects that COVID can cause.
So should they get vaccinated?
Dr. Jason Chan, a pediatrician with Aspirus Pediatrics Clinic in Wausau, says yes.
“Overall kids have been the smallest affected group to COVID. It’s not zero though,” he said. “COVID is one of the top 10 reasons why kids will die in the United States this year. [Kids] also play a role in spreading it to others.”
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