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‘Show Me the Science’ Podcast: Vaccinating kids against COVID-19 likely to enhance school safety

Masks, physical distancing and preventing students and teachers from coming to school when sick kept schools relatively safe during the recently completed school year. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe having many teachers and some students vaccinated will make classrooms even safer when school resumes in the fall.