Editorial: Get more kids vaccinated against COVID, yes, but two bills need more work
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Jan 27, 2022
3 minutes
Despite the number of “breakthrough” infections with the omicron variant, California kids and their schools would be safer if more students were vaccinated against COVID-19. Two new bills aim to accomplish that — one would mandate vaccination to attend school and the other would allow kids 12 and older to be vaccinated without parental consent.
While both bills have attractive features, both also raise legal and ethical questions in trying to reach the goal of a close-to-fully-vaccinated population of young people.
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