CDC report details vaccination and illness rates among U.S. adolescents.

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Mon, 2021-08-30 19:46 — mike kraft

COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 12–17 Years — United States, December 14, 2020–July 31, 2021 | MMWR (cdc.gov)

As of July 31, 2021, coverage with ≥1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine among adolescents aged 12–17 years was 42%, and 32% had completed the series. Series completion rates varied widely by state, ranging from 11% to 60%, and was 25% for adolescents aged 12–13 years, 30% for those aged 14–15 years, and 40% for those aged 16–17 years.

Improving adolescent COVID-19 vaccination coverage is crucial to reduce COVID-19–associated morbidity and mortality among adolescents and can help facilitate safer reopening of schools for in-person learning.

Although severe COVID-19 illness and hospitalization are more common among adults, these outcomes can occur in adolescents (1). Nearly one third of adolescents aged 12–17 years hospitalized with COVID-19 during March 2020–April 2021 required intensive care, and 5% of those hospitalized required endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. ...

....As persons in younger age groups become eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, public health practitioners, health care professionals, school administrators, and state and local governments can use evidence-based practices to decrease barriers to vaccination and increase confidence in COVID-19 vaccines, which can help facilitate the safer return to in-person learning at schools and ultimately reduce COVID-19–associated morbidity and mortality.

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