Dr. Jennifer Miller, Pediatrician, East Bay Pediatrics
The Most Vulnerable Kids: What 5-to-11-Year Olds Need to Recover From the Covid-19 Pandemic
Ethnic Media Services in partnership with the California Department of Public Health’s “Week of Action” (March 14-18) held a news briefing on Wednesday morning (3/16/2022) that was conducted in English and simulcasted in Spanish, Mandarin and Korean. The live broadcast can be viewed here: https://www.facebook.com/EthnicMediaServices/videos/2342543169227652
California pediatricians and experts discussed the following:
- The current rate of 5-11 year-old vaccinations
- Parental hesitancy to vaccinate younger children
- The need for children to be vaccinated, despite new data suggesting the inefficacy of the vaccine against Omicron for youth
- The mental health impacts of the pandemic on children
Speakers that included pediatricians and experts were:
- Dr. Jennifer Miller, Pediatrician, East Bay Pediatrics
- Dr. Sohil Sud, MD, MA, Lead, Safe Schools for All California Department of Public Health
- Dr. Veronica Kelley, Chief, Mental Health and Recovery Services at the Orange County Health Care Center
- Beth Jarosz, Program Director, U.S. Programs and Deputy Director for KidsData
- Sunita Sohrabji, Ethnic Media Services (moderator)
- Sandy Close, Ethnic Media Services (welcome)
Resource links provided include:
- https://covid19.ca.gov/vaccination-progress-data/
- https://www.kidsdata.org/
- https://schools.covid19.ca.gov/
CLICK HERE to watch the full broadcast.
Submitted by Chief Editor, Pleshette Robertson
