Medscape August 24, 2023
With COVID-19 hospitalizations up by 22% and deaths up by 8% as of August 12, primary care clinicians are readying to distribute the new COVID-19 booster that is expected to arrive in September.
David Cutler, MD, is hoping to vaccinate as many of his patients who want the shots. He and other primary care clinicians are finally back in the business of prevention after being sidelined during the pandemic.
Most primary care clinicians weren’t provided with the vaccine through the height of the pandemic, when federal officials instead focused their efforts on vaccine distribution through hospital systems and retail pharmacies. The consequence, primary care clinicians say, is that they have no records for patients who need the vaccine; they cannot...