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TWiV 967: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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Should My Son Be Wearing Masks?

Donna: My son 17 with asthma controlled well by a two ex daily inhaler of ready hail has only had the first two vaccinations in 2021. In late 2021, he became needle phobic while using duvexin for eczema. He's been an intensive therapy for anxiety since February. But it has brought us down this rabbit hole of avoidance behavior and he has still not received booster shots or a flu shot. We do think the science supports that it is ideal to at least get those three first shots. If your son is a lower risk individual, how important it is for them to get this bivalent booster if they're needle-phobic?

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