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Less than a third of Pa. and N.J. elementary schoolers have been vaccinated against COVID-19, three months since the shot became available

“Absolutely not enough kids are getting vaccinated,” said one Philadelphia pediatrician.

Marc Ost, co-Owner of Eric's Rx Shoppe, holds a sign that they made for children to hold and take photos with after they were vaccinated, in Horsham, Pa., Wednesday, February 2, 2022. The drawings on the wall of Eric's Rx Shoppe Vaccine Clinic in the background were done by children who had been vaccinated there.
Marc Ost, co-Owner of Eric's Rx Shoppe, holds a sign that they made for children to hold and take photos with after they were vaccinated, in Horsham, Pa., Wednesday, February 2, 2022. The drawings on the wall of Eric's Rx Shoppe Vaccine Clinic in the background were done by children who had been vaccinated there.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer