No shot, no school for Alabama sixth graders

Linda White
NBC13.com
July 14, 2010

As of last September, Alabama law requires 11 and 12 year olds to have a Tdap booster before registering for sixth grade this coming school year. However, some health officials are concerned parents aren’t getting the message.

For about 5 and-a-half-hours today, the Jefferson County Health Department offered free Tdap booster shots for 11 and 12 year olds entering sixth grade. Less than 2 dozen showed up.

Nurse said to student, “Ouch… look at you, you’re a big girl.“

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