{"id":1017566,"date":"2021-11-16T00:28:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1017566"},"modified":"2021-11-16T00:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:28:52","slug":"bill-de-blasio-tens-of-thousands-of-nyc-children-vaccinated-we-must-focus-more-intensely-on-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-de-blasio-tens-of-thousands-of-nyc-children-vaccinated-we-must-focus-more-intensely-on-vaccination\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill de Blasio: Tens of Thousands of NYC Children Vaccinated; We Must Focus \u2018More Intensely on Vaccination\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-de-blasio-tens-of-thousands-of-nyc-children-vaccinated-we-must-focus-more-intensely-on-vaccination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1017566&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bill-de-Blasio-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Now is the time to focus \u201cmore intensely\u201d on vaccination, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said on Monday after announcing that tens of thousands of New York City children have gotten the shot, with vaccination sites appearing at every school that serves students 5 to 11 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing tremendous demand when it comes to the youngest New Yorkers,\u201d de Blasio said, calling it \u201cexciting.\u201d Even though the vaccine has only been available to the 5- to 11-year-old demographic for a \u201cvery brief period of time,\u201d the Democrat said they are seeing a \u201creally great response\u201d after focusing on providing vaccination sites in schools.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cParents are coming out in big numbers to get their kids vaccinated at the school,\u201d he said. \u201cSo overall, as you see, 62,000 doses already administered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our schools alone, our public school sites alone, 22,500 doses. As of today, we will have had a vaccination site at every school that serves 5- to 11-year-olds,\u201d he said, calling it a \u201cgreat success\u201d and teasing \u201csome additional steps\u201d in their school-based vaccination effort later in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love the fact that parents have decided this is a great place to get their kids vaccinated, so we\u2019ll be doing more with our schools. And look \u2014 everyone this is a time to focus even more intensely on vaccination,&nbsp;of course, for the youngest New Yorkers,\u201d he said, begging unvaccinated individuals of every age to get the shot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mayor de Blasio Hosts Media Availability\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fTZ8Y1dZx0s?start=23&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the mayor, 87 percent of New York City adults are vaccinated, and 80 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds. Those figures come months after the Democrat teased the Key to NYC Pass, which essentially forces certain businesses to discriminate against unvaccinated individuals by denying them service or entry into their establishments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for people to see vaccination as literally necessary to living a good and full and healthy life,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/03\/de-blasio-unvaccinated-activities\/\">said<\/a> at the time of the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, de Blasio said his administration will be hyper-focused on vaccinating the youngest demographic. However, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/13\/biden-pushes-coronavirus-vaccines-on-children-0-00-0-03-of-child-cases-fatal\/\">reported<\/a>, both coronavirus hospitalization rates and mortality rates among children remain extremely low:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"28.248704663212\">\n<p>According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children have <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/pages\/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections\/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">represented<\/a>&nbsp;16.7 percent of all cases of the virus in the U.S. cumulatively, but the serious reactions are extremely low.<\/p>\n<p>According to the AAP\u2019s data, among states <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/pages\/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections\/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reporting<\/a> (24 as well as New York City), \u201cchildren ranged from 1.7%-4.2% of their total cumulated hospitalizations, and 0.1%-2.0% of all their child COVID-19 cases resulted in hospitalization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mortality rate is even lower among children. Among the 45 states reporting, as well as New York City, Guam, and Puerto Rico, children comprised \u201c0.00%-0.26% of all COVID-19 deaths, and 7 states reported zero child deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn states reporting, 0.00%-0.03% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death,\u201d according to the AAP.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nevertheless, the push for coronavirus vaccinations in children comes all the way from the top, as President Biden is personally begging parents to \u201cplease\u201d get their children vaccinated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now is the time to focus \u201cmore intensely\u201d on vaccination, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said on Monday after announcing that tens of thousands of New York City children have &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1017566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1017566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1017566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1017566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1017566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}