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How Colorado schools are helping teenagers — and their families — get the COVID vaccine

Written by Chalkbeat Colorado | May 14, 2021

Dr. Sean O’Leary, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Colorado and vice president of the Committee on Infectious Diseases for the American Academy of Pediatrics, said some people wonder why children should get vaccinated, if they’re at lower risk. There are a lot of reasons, he said, from keeping community transmission low to returning to regular social activities and avoiding quarantine.