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Flu shots during COVID-19: A 5 questions quiz for physicians
Author(s)Terry Brenneman, MD, Logan Lutton
How would you handle these five COVID-19 and flu situations?
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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 this season can 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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