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Influenza Vaccination During COVID-19: 5 Questions for Primary Care

COVID-19 has changed many of what we know as standard operating procedures during flu season. How would you handle these 5 situations, for example?

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything about how we practice medicine, not the least of which is how we treat our patients. How we administer flu vaccine to our patients can this season be added to that list.

How would you handle the 5 situations that follow? Each of these questions may come up for you during the 2021-2022 influenza season.

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Influenza Vaccination During COVID-19: 5 Questions for Primary Care

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