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 [...]
Excellent Q&A about children visiting grandparents, stores, and returning back to school in the midst of the delta variant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/22/covid-delta-variant-children/?fbclid=IwAR3waFLxufAEBoPnyvjI_54ST_LLcR2a0AFnBbcuVQ013u8sdRMpYx8M2nY
We highly recommend reading the following article regarding our kids going back to school: https://www.bcm.edu/coronavirus/for-the-baylor-community/from-dr-james-mcdeavitt/school-days
Please read the following article regarding the risk of COVID-19 vs the vaccine for young people: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/opinion/covid-vaccine-kids-risks.html?fbclid=IwAR2GWPmQ03RS16NPXSwuZKMPHawKbDkkAp3XjHmtGjjcfQod5KZ7QpxrS1M
