By Glenn Rolfe

SEAFORD — Seaford Middle School seventh-grader Floyd Moore IV admitted he was just “a little nervous.”

Gavin Rementer just wants this entire coronavirus pandemic to end.

“I don’t know, I kind of want it to be over with … the pandemic. And, I want to take my mask off,” said Gavin, a seventh-grader at Seaford Middle School.

Gavin, Floyd and Floyd’s older sister Hannah Moore, a Seaford High School junior, were among students 12 years of age and older who rolled up their sleeves and got their first shot in the arm of the Pfizer vaccine Tuesday during an eight-hour public vaccination clinic in the Seaford Middle School gym conducted by Lewes-based Aspira Health.

Gavin was accompanied by his mother, Julie Rementer. While Ms. Rementer has been fully vaccinated for several months, she still harbors a fraction of vaccination reservation.

“Maybe, a little,” said Ms. Rementer. “I got mine in February. I made out OK though with mine overall, so I felt okay with him getting it. I still think there is a lot of unknowns about it. So that makes me a little leery. But my doctor has assured me that it is safe, and I trust my doctor. And I have been fine since I have made mine.”

Aspira Health, an urgent care clinic along with primary care and pediatric practices based in Lewes, is undertaking public vaccination efforts based at schools in Delaware.

“We are trying to go to different locations and vaccinate the community. That’s really what it is,” said Makayla Pham, front desk/medical assistant with Aspira. “We’ve been to other schools and students mostly come in and get vaccinated.”

The flow of student vaccinations at Seaford Middle School was “steady,” Ms. Pham said.

Students and others who received their first Pfizer dose Tuesday will receive their second Pfizer shot in about three weeks, pending availability. The second dose can be given up to 42 days after the first dose.

Last week, Aspira held a similar vaccination clinic in the Cape Henlopen School District.

On Thursday, Aspira will have an eight-hour clinic at Sussex Academy in Georgetown and next week a clinic is scheduled at Appoquinimink High School in Middletown. On Friday, it’s St. Jude’s Church in Lewes for an Aspira clinic from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. On weekends, vaccinations are typically available at Aspira’s main hub right off Del. 1.

“We’re just all over the place,” said Aspira Health medical assistant Heather Morris. “We have a lot of vaccines that are available.”

Thursday’s clinic at Sussex Academy will run from noon to 8 p.m.

Vaccines are offered to students of eligible age and adults.

“If you are under the age of 18, we do require a parent’s consent. But the parent does not have to be with them, as long as we can contact a parent via phone,” said Ms. Morris.

Appointments are not required.

“But an appointment is helpful for us, so that we know how many people to expect for that day. But we do offer walk-ins as long as you bring your ID and your insurance. If you don’t have insurance, that’s OK, we will still vaccinate you,” Ms. Morris said.

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