Politics & Government
City Of Fairfax: Help Students Safely Return To School - Get Caught Up On Recommended Vaccines
COVID-19 disrupted both in-person learning and routine well-child visits for many children over the last year; many have fallen behind.
08/01/2021
COVID-19 disrupted both in-person learning and routine well-child visits for many children over the last year. As a result, too many children have fallen behind on receiving recommended vaccines.
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Getting kids to be back in school safely means getting caught up on vaccines that were missed during the last year.
CDC’s public sector vaccine ordering data show a 14 percent drop in 2020-2021 compared to 2019, and measles vaccine is down by more than 20%. Children need to get caught up now so that they are protected as they go back to in-person learning.
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