Blue Fish Parents, The CDC recently updated its guidance regarding isolation and quarantine periods for the Omicron variant: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html We are currently working on updating our COVID-19 Self-Assessment tool accordingly and we will communicate once that has been done. Thank you. Blue Fish Pediatrics
Blue Fish Parents, Please read the article below to find out why the Pfizer vaccine has been delayed for younger children (6 months to 5 years): Why did the Pfizer young kids trial fail? Blue Fish Pediatrics
Blue Fish Parents, Here is a helpful FAQ from the AAP / Texas Pediatric Society about the COVID-19 pediatric vaccine: https://bluefishmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/final-covid19-vaccine-faqs-for-parents-12.8-draft.pdf Blue Fish Pediatrics
Dear Blue Fish families, We will be offering both the COVID-19 pediatric vaccine (5-11 years old) and the flu vaccine at the remaining Saturday clinics as seen below: Saturday, November 13 8AM-1PM (3 locations) Memorial Katy Cypress (9530 Huffmeister, not the Fairfield location) Saturday, November 20 8AM-1PM (3 locations) Memorial Katy Greater Heights Saturday, [...]
Dear Blue Fish families, We are very excited to announce that we now have the COVID-19 pediatric vaccine (ages 5-11) in stock. Blue Fish will be one of the many places our patients will be able to receive the vaccine. We will be administering the vaccine primarily through six prescheduled, appointment-only, Saturday COVID-19 pediatric [...]
Dear Blue Fish families, Now that the COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for patients between 5 and 11 years old, we are finalizing preparations to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in our offices to Blue Fish patients in that age group. Please note that it will only be given to existing Blue Fish patients. We [...]
Dear Blue Fish Families, We are currently preparing to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in our offices to Blue Fish patients 5 to 11 years old. Please note that it will only be given to existing Blue Fish patients. We are not a public COVID-19 vaccination site. Currently, we do not know when [...]
Dr. Jung has some back-to-school advice for the COVID-19 Delta surge: http://peterjung.blogspot.com/2021/08/post-56-back-to-school-advice-for-covid.html
At the moment, it looks like the Pfizer vaccine will be the first shot available to children under 12. The vaccine-maker expects to have enough data by the end of September to support an emergency use authorization for its vaccine in children who are ages 5 to 11. A Shot Against COVID For Kids Under 12 [...]
