A smiling parent holds a young child wearing a bandage after vaccination, alongside text that reads “Don’t wait, vaccinate,” encouraging childhood immunizations

Doctors get personal about getting flu and COVID vaccinations for their own children

To keep their families safe this holiday season and all year long, many UTMB Health providers who are also parents chose to vaccinate their children and keep their immunizations up-to-date.  

This winter's threat of a "tripledemic" of COVID, flu and RSV alarmed public health officials. Many children will be ill and not able to visit relatives or enjoy the holidays.

Talk to your pediatrician, and share your concerns about vaccinations. They will take the time to respond. Your doctors want to hear your questions.

In this video, these doctors also want to share that they got their children vaccinated for flu and COVID.

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