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The Chesapeake event honors those who won their fight with breast cancer and remember those who lost their battle. Several competed in a bra decorating competition.

Vaccine the way that states mandate it in different -- every state has different mandates. but states mandate chicken pox vaccine, mumps, measles, rubella, et cetera, et cetera? >> once it's fda approved there's no reason for it to be treated differently than any other vaccine. here's the interesting thing. the states with the highest immunization rates for other vaccines for children have -- are states that have mandates for school entry and virtually no exceptions. so alabama and mississippi have fantastic vaccination rates for their children. and they have the worst vaccination rates for co...

Everyone who's visible. because kids' immune systems are stronger than adults, that's why we only need a lower dose. and with the lower dose, that means fewer side effects, as well. and so we know that more than six million children have been infected with covid so far, and there have been more than 600 death. all those are tragic. and so as much as possible, i'd like to protect the children in our country and in the world. >> uh-huh. so as time goes on, do you see that ultimately covid vaccines are going to become part of that usual regimen of shots that all schools require, public schools re...

There have been a total of 150 reported COVID-19 cases in Black Gold schools thus far for the 2021-2022 school year.

Pandemic-related restrictions imposed last year in your state. how are things in higher ed in connecticut? >> right now all of our higher ed institutions mandated vaccines for everybody. overwhelmingly people are complying with that. and they have the lowest infection rates in the state. these are young people living in congregate settings. it's working. >> you have not taken the step that california was the first state to take, which is to add covid vaccination to the list of required vaccinations for school entry. that's for kids that are 12 to 18. why not? >> right now, we're using encourag...