first lady jill biden took the administrations push for child covid19 vaccinations on the road to northern virginia on monday by visiting a school that is of historic importance in vaccinations in the us biden along with surgeon general vivek murthy visited franklin sherman elementary school in mclean virginia a suburb of washington dc first lady jill biden meets with children as she visits a pediatric covid19 vaccination clinic at franklin sherman elementary school in mclean va nov 8 2021 evelyn hocksteinreuters franklin sherman elementary school is where the first polio vaccine was administered to children in 1954 according to the white house the visit is a step in the biden administrations push for youngsters to get the jab after the centers for disease control and prevention signed off on the vaccine for children ages 511 making more than 28 million american kids eligible for the vaccine biden was introduced by a sixthgrade student everett munson who talked about what it meant for him to be vaccinated im excited to be vaccinated because now ill be able to visit my cousins and grandfather munson said im looking forward to going places without worrying that i could get covid and give it to my family friends or teachers more kids and the covid19 vaccine 5 questions answered by pediatricians munson also pitched an idea inspired by the schools history dr richard mulvaney inoculates sevenyearold mimi meade with the polio vaccine on april 26 1954 in mcclean va harvey georgesap file and maybe we should even take an idea from the polio vaccine at franklin sherman everyone should get ice cream after their shots munson said biden said in her remarks that the vaccine is another way parents can protect their children the vaccine is the best way to protect your children against covid19 its been thoroughly reviewed and rigorously tested its safe its free and its available for every child in this country 5 and up biden said from the day you held your sweet fragile little baby you have made the choice again and again to keep your child safe biden said giving your child the covid19 vaccine is your choice too so make the decision to protect your children with the same vaccine that has already saved millions of lives murthy also stressed the importance of children getting vaccinated noting that risks of the virus include an inflammatory syndrome in children first lady jill biden puts a vaccination sticker on dr vivek murthy the us surgeon general as they visit a pediatric covid19 vaccination clinic at franklin sherman ele show more evelyn hocksteinreuters in addition to visiting schools the administration sent letters to superintendents and elementary school principals across the country on monday urging the officials to set up vaccination clinics in their schools more vaccine for kids paves way for protection against longhaul covid schools play a vital role in providing access to and trusted information on the vaccine health secretary xavier becerra and education secretary miguel cardona