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Why herd immunity may be impossible without vaccinating children against COVID-19

  • Written by Rodney E. Rohde, Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
imageU.S. Census Bureau, CC BY-ND

It may be summer before children under 16 can be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United States. That’s a problem for reaching herd immunity quickly.

Children are a significant portion of the population – roughly 65 million are under the age of 16, making up 20% of people in the U.S. While children appear...

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