{"id":51635,"date":"2021-05-16T08:21:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T12:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=51635"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:09:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:09:22","slug":"david-wohl-vaccinations-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/david-wohl-vaccinations-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Local 12-Year-Old Gets COVID Vaccine For Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50063\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/david-wohl.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/david-wohl.jpeg\" alt=\"david-wohl\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/david-wohl.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/david-wohl-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Wohl, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A WRAL.com report says vaccine sites at Duke, UNC, CVS and Walgreens have seen excited kids showing up to get their COVID vaccine \u2013 including one kid who was eager to get the shot on his birthday.<\/p>\n<p>At the Friday Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-wohl-md\/\">David Wohl<\/a>, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, offered assurances to the parents of the young teen, explaining that the vaccine is safe.<\/p>\n<p>Wohl said &#8220;you can expect to see similar side effects in the 12 to 15 age range that we saw in young adults.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/coronavirus\/get-the-vaccine-it-doesn-t-hurt-local-12-year-old-gets-covid-vaccine-for-birthday\/19676790\/\">Read the news story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A WRAL.com report says vaccine sites at Duke, UNC, CVS and Walgreens have seen excited kids showing up to get their COVID vaccine \u2013 including one kid who was eager to get the shot on his birthday. 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