Vaccination of 12-15 year olds started in the USA – Free donuts to the vaccinated

Vaccination against him began in the USA coronavirus 12 to 15 year olds, who are taking another step back into their pre – covid lives.

14-year-old Harrison Hanger was vaccinated against covid-19 in Michigan, USA and now has a specific program: “To go to Krispy Kreme because give free donuts » to those who are vaccinated!

A promotion is an incentive in the US where covid-19 adolescents aged 12 to 15 have been vaccinated against covid-19 since Thursday, after the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine was approved earlier this week, according to ΑΜΠΕ.

A total of about 17 million young people can now be vaccinated and As of yesterday, 15,000 pharmacies can give the first doses.

Young Harrison was vaccinated at Bloomfield Hills Medical Center and can now make plans with his family: two weeks after receiving the second dose of the vaccine, they plan to travel to Alaska.

“I’m the last in my family to be vaccinated, so now we’re all safe,” said Cantall, 15, who was vaccinated at a center near Congress in Washington before going to school. “Many of my friends are being vaccinated today or in a few days. “It’s very nice that we can worry less,” he added.

“Prevention is better than cure,” said 15-year-old Maya, whose mother Amy is excited to Pfizer vaccine received the green light from health authorities to be given to adolescents: “We want it to be safe and contribute as much as possible to collective immunity.”

Adolescents usually develop less severe forms of covid-19 than adults. But they are not protected from infection and can transmit the virus.

Their immunization is expected to help slow the spread of the disease, but also to allow them to return to a more normal life.

“I really look forward to going back to school five days a week out of the two I go to now,” said Theo Bernstein, who was vaccinated in New York yesterday just days after turning 12. Daphne Strauss’s mother said she was ready to “do whatever it takes to make teachers feel more comfortable returning to teaching in person”.

“I want to be able to go out more,” said 13-year-old Daniel Fox.

They will also be able to leave the masks behind: The US health authorities announced yesterday that those who have been vaccinated may no longer wear a mask – a symbol of the pandemic -, except when they are in transport, airports and train stations.

Limited excitement

The vaccine given to 12- to 15-year-olds is the same as that given to adults, even in dosing, and many vaccination centers have already announced that they are lowering the age limit for those who wish to be vaccinated.

However, the authorities want to quickly create other vaccine distribution channels in more practical spaces, such as schools or pediatricians, whom families know and trust.

Because not all parents are excited: among those with children aged 12 to 15, almost a quarter said in mid-April that they would not be vaccinated and only three in ten had answered that he wanted to vaccinate his children as soon as possible, according to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

“The vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds is safe, effective, practical, fast and free,” said US President Joe Biden on Wednesday. has increased its public interventions to persuade parents to vaccinate their children.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine in teens on Monday after examining data from clinical trials in about 2,000 young people.

Some areas began vaccinating teens as early as Tuesday, but a majority of vaccination centers in the United States were awaiting the final approval of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which was given Wednesday night.