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Get vaccinated.
When it comes to vaccines, there’s a lot of information out there. But one question you may have is: how many people are vaccinated in New York?
That’s a good question! The answer is: we don’t know. No official statistics show how many people are vaccinated in New York State (NYS) or across the country.
To understand why this is an issue, let’s take a look at some key facts about your health and wellness:
You can get the shots at most doctors’ offices, urgent care clinics, drugstores, and supermarkets offering adult vaccines. Pediatricians provide vaccines for children.
You can get the shots at most doctors’ offices, urgent care clinics, drugstores, and supermarkets offering adult vaccines. Pediatricians provide vaccines for children.
To receive a vaccine, you must be in good health with no allergies or contraindications (such as having had certain kinds of cancer) and have not received them within six months before getting the shot.
You can’t get the shots if you’re pregnant.
If you’re pregnant, you can’t get the shots. But that doesn’t mean that you have to stop getting your photos! If your doctor says it’s okay and they feel confident in their decision, go ahead with your regular vaccination schedule. Just remember: if there is any chance at all that you could be pregnant (and this includes using birth control), don’t take any chances by skipping vaccines altogether!
Give your child the drops when they’re ready.
Give your child the drops when they’re ready.
The CDC recommends that immunizations be given at a healthcare provider’s office or in the child’s home, where the environment is safe and comfortable for them. Parents should not give their children vaccines in plastic bags or with alcohol swabs to clean the site of a vaccination; using an alcohol swab can cause burns from contact with the liquid vaccine, which could lead to severe injury or death. If you use an alcohol swab, make sure it’s new and hasn’t been used previously by any other person who wasn’t vaccinated against hepatitis A or B already (usually only by one person).
If you’re giving an injection: Do not use syringes made from metal for this purpose unless expressly advised by your doctor; if these are misused, they could puncture the skin and have toxic effects on the body over time, including loss of vision because of swelling around nerves caused by rubbing up against metal needles.
Don’t give your child in a plastic bag.
Watch out for needles going into other people’s skin.
Don’t use an alcohol swab to clean the site of vaccination.
Don’t use an alcohol swab to clean the site of vaccination.
Ask your doctor about vaccines before going abroad to places where they’re unavailable, such as Mexico, India, and Ecuador.
Before you go abroad to places where vaccines aren’t available, you must ask your doctor about the vaccines you might need.
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