Are you vaxxed, fellow kids?

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Are you vaxxed, fellow kids?

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Today, Explained returns to Cramer Hill Elementary School to explore the challenges of vaccinating children against Covid-19.
Today’s show was reported by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette and Jillian Weinberger, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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