Clinic Communications

Wondering if you should vaccinate your 5-11 year old? While your family's health care providers should be the first place you seek specific advice, it is important for families to know that vaccine status greatly impacts the need to quarantine from school in the case of an exposure outside of school. While we have diligently worked to limit "close contacts" within the school day/building, we have occasionally had students become exposed through sports teams and household cases this fall. Fully vaccinated adults and students are not required to quarantine after an exposure if they do not have symptoms. Fully vaccinated for the purposes of our students means having received 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine approximately 21 days apart, with a completed two week waiting period following the second vaccine dose.