Parents Should Ask These Questions Before Giving Their Child a COVID-19 Vaccine: ER Doctor

Parents Should Ask These Questions Before Giving Their Child a COVID-19 Vaccine: ER Doctor
A nurse administers a dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 19, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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For parents who are contemplating whether their child should receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Joseph Fraiman, an emergency medicine physician, says they should ask the following two questions to help them decide.

“The first thing that you want to do for harm/benefit analysis [is to ask], is there a mortality benefit for these vaccines for your child,” Fraiman said at a roundtable discussion hosted by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 7.