Delta variant, low vaccine rates and FDA decision to impact school COVID-19 protocols Share Updated: 6:04 PM EDT Jul 16, 2021 Share Updated: 6:04 PM EDT Jul 16, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CONTROVERSY OVER PROTOCOLS FOR COVID. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TEIM BEFORE THEY ALL CONVERGE. FOR AVERIE DOYLE, THIS ITS JUST A VACCINE, IT’S THE SENDCO DOSE OF HER BIRTHDAY PRESENT. >> I’M 12-YEARS-OLD AND I GOT IT RIGHT AFTER I TURN 1ED2. BRIAN: AVERIE GOT HER FIRST OTSH JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER SHE WAS ELIGIBLE. >> I WASN’T REALLY NERVOUS. BRIAN: HERE AT DATER MONTESSI,OR SHE WAS ONE OF ONLY A FEW WHO CA OMEUT TO THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLINIC. LOW VACCINATION RATES ARE A MAJOR CONCERN WITH THE DELTA VARIANT ON THE RISE. IT’S NOT ONLY A NATIONAL TREND BUT A LOCAL ONE ACCORDINTOG KATE SCHRODER WITH THE HEALTH ALLIAN.CE >> WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASEN I CASES, IN HOSPITALIZATIONS. IT’S TRIPLED IN HAMILTON COUNTY OVERHE T LAST THREE WEEKS. BRIAN: IT ALL COMES AS SCHOOLS AR E SET TO OPEN IN A FEW WEEKS. >> I THINK THE VARIANTS I CERTAINLY A CONSIDERATION. BRIAN: DR. MARY CAROL BURKHARDT IS WITH CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. WITH NUMBERS ON THE RISE SCHOOLS ARE CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THIS YEAR WILL LOOK LIKE LTAS YEAR. >> WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF HOW WE PROTECT OURSELVES, WE KNOW THE THINGS THAT WORK, WE KNOW MASKING, HAND HYGIENE, DISTANCING ARE ALL GOING TO BE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LAYER INTO PLE.AC BRIAN: AS THOSE LIKE AEVE DOYLE ADD ANOTHER NDCALE AND ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION AGAINST COD.VI THIS IS ALL A RAPIDLY CHANGING SITUATION. IT’S DOUBTFUL MANY SCHOOLS VEHA A SOLID PLAN IN PLACE AT THIS POINT. BUT THOSE THINGS UP FOR CONSIDERATION ARE