As Omicron Surges, Effort To Vaccinate Young Children Stalls
The national effort to vaccinate children has stalled even as the omicron variant upends schooling for millions of children and their families amid staffing shortages, shutdowns and heated battles over how to safely operate. Vaccination rates vary substantially across the country, a KHN analysis of the federal data shows.
Nearly half of Vermont’s 5- to 11-year-olds are fully vaccinated, while