Andorra Pediatrics- Flu Shots

Flu shots are available now.  Please call the office to make an appointment.  We will be using our Suite 3 Entrance (2 doors down from main entrance) into our Turquoise room to enter the office for children receiving Flu shots only.  This will avoid having to enter the main office area.
We are giving Flu shots during all regular well child office visits.

Please read the various articles included in this Newsletter.  We are adding new information on Coronavirus as it becomes available.  The articles change with each issue.

Coronavirus Vaccine: There is a lot of news coverage about a vaccine being available in the near future.  In order for a vaccine to be considered effective and safe, it needs to be tested on many patients over a long period of time.  To be considered effective, the vaccine must produce antibodies that will protect a person from infection if they are exposed.  In addition, these antibodies have to last long enough to get a person through a whole season of infection.  This information will not be available until the vaccine has been tested for at least 1 year.
In terms of safety, how long is enough before one can consider a vaccine is safe.  Most would not feel comfortable receiving a vaccine that has not had a long record of safety.  Is 3 months of testing long enough to say that a vaccine will continue to be safe without side effects one year after receiving? 
When a vaccine becomes available, everyone will have to weigh the risks vs the benefits of receiving the vaccine.
Once a vaccine becomes available and we feel it is effective and safe, we will begin offering to our patients.