Posts Tagged ‘vaccination’
Kids Deserve a Shot
KIDS DESERVE A SHOT! MINNESOTA COVID 19 RESPONSE Families get $200 for getting their child 5-11 years old vaccinated. Minnesota families who get their child 5-11 years old fully vaccinated in January and February can get a $200 Visa gift card. Parents/Guardians can register their 5- to 11-year-old once they have completed their two-dose series. Registration opens 10:00 a.m. January 24, 2022. Registration closes 11:59 p.m. February 28, 2022. Register here: https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/vaccine-rewards/kids-deserve-a-shot/ Eligibility Requirements: Minnesotans must be: at least 5 years old at the time of one or both shots and 11 or younger at the time of their first shot. Minnesotans 5-11 years old must receive both their first and second doses between January 1, 2022 and February 28, 2022. Minnesota families are able to receive one $200 Visa gift card per each eligible 5- to-11-year-old fully vaccinated [...]
COVID-19 Back to School
By LINDSEY FENNER It”™s September, which means kids are back in school! But with the Delta variant spreading in MN, and kids under 12 unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, sending your kids to school this year might feel really scary. Although the new variant is much more contagious, the good news is that all of the COVID-19 precautions we”™re already using are still effective against the Delta variant. We have so many tools to use! But it is important to remember that there isn”™t just one thing to do; we need to layer up these interventions to keep our kids healthy. Read your school”™s COVID-19 plan. Ask questions if there”™s something you don”™t understand.Surround your kids under 12 with vaccinated adults. Every vaccinated person helps to weaken the chain of transmission, and protect unvaccinated folks.Get your kids over 12 vaccinated. Although they are less likely to get severely ill, they can still get [...]
Thanks to Vaccines, the Golden Age for Children’s Health is Now
Tales from Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery 188th in a series By SUE HUNTER WEIR A grandmother tends the graves of two of her grandchildren. Two year-old Freda Aubele died on December 2, 1915. Her six-year-old sister, Annie, died the following day. Their wooden cross is gone but family members placed a new marker on their grave in 2009.Photo credit: Aubele Family The Washington Post recently ran the following headline: “Coronavirus infections dropping where people are vaccinated and rising where they are not.” The story was news only because it specifically referred to the novel coronavirus. We have known for a long time that the numbers of illnesses and deaths decrease when people, especially children, are vaccinated. There are several diseases that were once among the leading killers of young children, which have been either nearly or entirely eradicated in the United States. Since the arrival of vaccines, we no longer have to worry about [...]
