With the anticipated approval for COVID-19 vaccines to be expanded to include younger children, now is a good time to review evidence-based tools and resources provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. You are a trusted source of information on this important topic, and it can be difficult sometimes to manage the mis-information that has many parents so concerned.  

Prepare members of the care team to initiate and support the counseling you are providing so that vaccinations among some of our most vulnerable populations can be accomplished promptly, once FDA authorization is in place.

Tips for all types of Pediatric Providers along with social media toolkits are available from the CDC on the webpage How to talk with parents about COVID vaccination