COVID-19 Vaccines - Health Tips

Get practical tips regarding COVID-19 Vaccines to help you prepare for your appointments and manage your care from home.

Thoughts on COVID-19 Vaccines by Dr. Anne White, MD
December 2022

COVID-19  vaccines are safe and effective. Like many other vaccines, one can experience side effects.  These vaccines have a low risk of anaphylactic or allergic reactions. Patients with multiple high-risk factors if contracting COVID should receive the COVID-19 vaccine and updated boosters. COVID-19  vaccines consider no preservatives when compared to other vaccines for viral or bacterial protection. The disease itself has a much higher risk of long-term side effects that are not seen with the COVID-19 vaccine. The disease itself places patients at higher risk than the vaccine. 

Thoughts on COVID-19 Vaccines by Sabrina Finklea-Strickland, NP
November 2022

CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older stay up to date with their vaccines, which includes everyone 5 years and older getting boosters if eligible, for the best protection against COVID-19. We know getting a COVID-19 vaccine is a safer, more reliable way to build protection than getting sick with COVID-19. 

Thoughts on COVID-19 Vaccines by Dr. Mika Cole, MD
November 2022

COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.  Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause disease in humans and other animals.  Like most viruses, the SARS-Cov2 virus mutates in order to survive.  Unfortunately, this virus has caused serious illness and death in susceptible hosts (ie the elderly, immune compromised, transplant patients, smokers, etc)  Fortunately, the current vaccines can prevent serious illness and death.  In addition, therapies such as Evusheld can also be used to mitigate disease and treatment for COVID is now available  (Paxlovid, Remdesivir, Molnupirivir, etc).

Thoughts on COVID-19 Vaccines by Dr. Nabil Abouchala, MD, FACP, FCCP
November 2022

Highly recommended all the time, COVID 19 is causing severe tracheal bronchitis affecting asthmatics in a severe way leading to protracted illness, long cough and wheezing that cannot be controlled just with inhalers, the easy way to escape it is to take the vaccine.