Getzwell Pediatrics

We’re already headed into flu season and the influenza virus is highly contagious–at GetzWell we’re gearing up to help protect our families and community. During flu outbreaks, the highest infection rates occur among school-age children.  Children are important disseminators of disease in the community.  For every 100 children in U.S. elementary schools, influenza accounted for [...]

Several very recent polls have indicated that 40% of American families do not plan to vaccinate their children against the H1N1 flu.  Meanwhile, CDC and state health officials continue to stress the need for children, teens, pregnant mothers and other high risk groups to obtain the vaccine.  Who is right? Many of our families initially [...]