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Many parents eager to sign up kids for COVID vaccine trials
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Rutgers pediatricians finalize details of upcoming vaccine trials for kids
It surprised researchers: many parents are calling eager to sign their children up for COVID-19 kid vaccine trials in NJ. Separate trials will study vaccines from Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson and will be organized by Rutgers RWJ Medical School. Doctors say getting kids immunized will help create herd immunity because children can be asymptomatic carriers.
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Many parents eager to sign up kids for COVID vaccine trials
Clip: 3/17/2021 | 3m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
It surprised researchers: many parents are calling eager to sign their children up for COVID-19 kid vaccine trials in NJ. Separate trials will study vaccines from Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson and will be organized by Rutgers RWJ Medical School. Doctors say getting kids immunized will help create herd immunity because children can be asymptomatic carriers.
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Clip: 3/17/2021 | 43s | The Camden County College vaccination site in Blackwood is booked until October. (43s)
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Clip: 3/17/2021 | 3m 24s | A bill is stalled in the legislature that would stop local gov. from these contracts. (3m 24s)
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