Dr. Nancy Rotter of Mass General for Children in Boston shares some tips for parents on how to help their children as they transition to a new grade or school.
Dr. Nancy Rotter of Mass General for Children in Boston shares some tips for parents on how to help their children as they transition to a new grade or school.
and generally healthy you don t need to get the booster because you are still relatively well protected as long as you have the initial first booster. it s hard to believe we re about to turn from july into august which means a return to school is only a few weeks away. when you see the kaiser family foundation numbers and the continued high hesitancy of some parents to get their school aged kids vaccinated, does that trouble you or is about to be expected, worrisome? well, it definitely worries me in that i would prefer that we have a much higher vaccination rate. even 5 to 11-year-olds, it is 30%, which is really low considering how long the vaccines have been here. i do think that the wait and see approach for younger kids may be expected because those vaccines are relatively new although i was among those first in line to get my two little kids vaccinated. they are getting their second dose next week. i would urge other parents to do the same.
The infectious disease specialist at Boston Children's Hospital is expecting an increase in infections, but that it will be smaller than those associated with other travel and holiday-heavy periods.