The survey also found that a majority of parents of unvaccinated teens say they are concerned that not enough is known about the long-term effects of the vaccines in children. Nearly two-thirds of parents, 62%, think their child's school should require unvaccinated students and staff to wear masks, compared to 36% who believe schools should not implement a mask Most parents oppose their child's school requiring a corona virus vaccine, but support the school requiring masks. A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that 58% of parents of children aged 12 to 17 years old believe that schools should not require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19, compared to 42% of parents who believe schools should.
But parents of children ages five to 17 support mask mandates in schools. Nearly two-thirds of parents, 62%, think their child's school should require unvaccinated students and staff to wear masks, compared to 36% who believe schools should not implement a mask mandate. With school starting across the country and the delta variant causing cases and hospitalizations to surge, school mask and vaccine mandates have been contentious topics among governors. The KFF survey reports that 41% of parents of children 12 to 17 years old, the age group currently eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, say their child has already been vaccinated and an additional 6% say they will get the vaccine right away.
However, the survey identified an obstacle for increasing teen vaccination rates – 88% of parents of unvaccinated eligible children said they were "very" or "somewhat" concerned that not enough is known about the long-term effects of the vaccines in children. Additionally, 79% expressed concerns about serious side effects. The survey also found that among parents of unvaccinated teens, four-in-10 say their child has expressed concerns about getting a COVID-19 vaccine and 12% say their child has said they want to be vaccinated.
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