If we begged Trump not to politicize the mask then, we shouldn’t start doing it now.

Ragini Rangan, a first-year pharmacy major, got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine last Tuesday at UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center. While she described the needle as the size of a regular flu shot, its purpose was much bigger.

It is particularly important to be up to date on immunizations this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic occurring simultaneously with cold and flu season.

For the safety of all children, public schools should limit their vaccine exemptions to medical conditions only.