Did you know…
- COVID-19 vaccination reduced the risk for hospitalization 93% among adolescents
- Of adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19:
- 97% were unvaccinated
- 3% were vaccinated
- No vaccinated adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19 were admitted to the ICU
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Additional resources
- Download a flyer with this information to share in exam rooms or with adolescents and their parents or guardians.
- Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 and older.
- Five tips for addressing vaccine hesitancy with your patients
- Pediatric vaccinations: Provider talking points
- Pediatric vaccinations: Get the facts
- How COVID-19 vaccines work
- Tips for distraction during vaccination
- How mRNA vaccines work
- uihc.org/covid-vaccine