Teens with vaccine-hesitant parents are helping each other schedule appointments to get the COVID-19 shot - Daily Mail
Teenagers whose parents are opposed to get them getting the COVID-19 vaccine are helping each other schedule appointments to get the shot
A recent poll found fewer than one-third of parents intend to get their children vaccinated right away and more than a quarter have no plans to do so
Kelly Danielpour, 18, founded the website VaxTeen, to help teens understand vaccine consent laws in their states and which shots are required at which ages
She has been informing adolescents with vaccine-hesitant parents about minority consent laws, which allow teens to get shots without adult approval
Ethan Lindenberger, 20, of Norwalk, Ohio, who got all his shots age 18 has also been encouraging to talk to their parents about their desire to get the jab
Kelly Danielpour, 18 (pictured), founded the website VaxTeen, and has been informing adolescents with vaccine-hesitant parents about minority consent laws, which allow teens to get shots without adult approval
Teenagers whose parents are vaccine-hesitant are helping each other schedule appointments to get the COVID-19 shot
With Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine approved for Americans between ages 12 and 17, more than 25 million adolescents are eligible to get immunized against the disease, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
However, a recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that fewer than one-third of parents intend to get their sons and daughters immunized right away and more than a quarter have no plans to do so.
Most states requires parental or guardian consent to administer a Covid-19 vaccine shot to children ages 12 to 15.
But some states allow youngsters to consent for themselves, without requiring parents' approval.
One of the teenagers fielding requests from other teens whose parents don't want them to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is Kelly Danielpour.
Danielpour, 18, founded VaxTeen, a website to help teens understand vaccine consent laws in their states and which shots are required at which ages.
Although the site was founded pre-pandemic to combat HPV vaccine misinformation, Danielpour told NBC News she receives about a dozen messages every day about coronavirus jabs.
'But since the pandemic, getting Covid-19 vaccinations has become the most prevalent issue,' she said.
'I am lucky because my parents are pro-vaccine, but there seems to be a lot of teens whose parents are opposed to letting them get vaccinated.'
A recent poll found fewer than one-third of parents intend to get their children vaccinated right away and more than a quarter have no plans to do so