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Cynthia M. Allen

Cynthia M. Allen: Blame doctors’ pandemic policies for part of the drop in kids getting childhood vaccines

I’m not alone when I confess that the COVID era wreaked havoc on my kids’ annual pediatrician visits.

In the early months of the pandemic, when the virus was still a big unknown and doctors’ offices were trying to limit contacts, our long-scheduled well-check visits were all canceled by our doctors.

Later, pediatric office policies that allowed only one parent to accompany one child per visit, made going to the doctor a nearly impossible task.

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