Tag: Childhood
As Childhood Covid Cases Spike, School Vaccination Clinics Are Slow Going
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — There were no cheery signs urging “Get your Covid-19 vaccine!” at the back-to-school immunization clinic at Carey Junior High School last week. In the sun-drenched cafeteria, Valencia Bautista sat behind a folding table in a corner, delivering a decidedly soft sell.
Hundreds of 12- and 13-year-olds streamed through with their parents to pick up their fall schedules and iPads. Ms. Bautista, a county public health nurse, wore a T-shirt that said “Vaccinated. Thanks, Public Health” and offered
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[birds shrieking]
[mysterious music]
[Daire] I was nine years old
and I was just getting out of my Pokemon phase,
but I had this sort of weird obsession.
It was 2001 in Dublin.
And what kept distracting me was this tiny, orange box
of pills that we kept in the kitchen drawer.
They had this label that read, For emergency use only,
in the event of a nuclear accident.
[high-pitched ringing]
[ominous booming]
I kept thinking, What if my granny