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New effort aims to educate Louisville youth about safety of COVID-19 vaccines Share Updated: 8:15 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 Share Updated: 8:15 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript GET YOUNG PEOPLE VACCINATED. REPORTER: WITH THE VACCINE NOW AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE 16 AND OLDER, MEDICAL OFFICIALS ARE BATTLING VACCINE HESITANCY AND MISINFORMATION WITHIN THAT GROUP. HERE AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHERS ARE FIGHTING THAT FROM WITHIN. >> MICRO TRIPS IN -- >> MICROCHIPS IN THE VACCINE. LIKE THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWING YOU. THAT MADE ME A LITTLE A...

"I was 100% sure that I was not getting the vaccine at all," said Dean, 18. But then Shantel Reed, her teacher in Central's pre-med studies program, assigned Dean and other students to research the new COVID-19 vaccines, and Dean said she quickly changed her mind as she learned about the science behind them. "Now and I am fully vaccinated and very proud," Dean said. Dean and three of her classmates spoke at a news conference Wednesday to announce the storied school on West Chestnut Street will be the site of a one-day vaccine clinic Saturday open to anyone 16 or older. A joint effort ...