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May 14, 2021
West Des Moines, Iowa (RI) Iowa’s largest grocery chain is now offering COVID-19 vaccines to young people, ages 12 to 15.
Hy-Vee says the Pfizer vaccine is available free, but kids DO need their parents’ consent and a parent needs to accompany them for the shot. Dr. William Ching, a pediatric hospitalist at Unity Point Health St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, says if more children are vaccinated, it will get us closer to herd immunity.
Dr. Joel Waddell, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Unity Point Health in Des Moines, says there’s much more to consider with a vaccine other than just protecting children against developing severe cases of COVID, because it will do that. It will also help with mental health and let kids start to return to a sense of normal, like visiting friends and family and even going to summer camps.
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Iowa doctors are encouraging parents to vaccinate children 12 and older with the authorized Pfizer vaccine. “These things are game changers that will do so much to restore normalcy for our children and our families, pediatric hospitalist William Ching said.
Some Iowa doctors have said parents still have many questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, especially now that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all children 12 and older get the authorized Pfizer vaccine.
Joel Waddell, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UnityPoint Health in Des Moines, said the vaccine will do much more than just protect children from developing severe cases of COVID-19.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine be given to kids as young as 12. Iowa doctors are encouraging parents in the state to vaccinate their children.
Some Iowa doctors say parents still have many questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Joel Waddell is a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Unity Point Health in Des Moines. He says there’s much more to consider with a vaccine other than just protecting children against developing severe cases of COVID, because it will do that. It will also help with mental health and let kids start to return to a sense of normalcy. Like visiting friends and family and even going to summer camps.