Portland pediatricians urging vaccinations as school year starts [Video]

PORTLAND, Oregon — With summer coming to a close and students returning to classrooms, doctors are urging families to take precautions this school year. 

Kaiser Permanente pediatricians are urging families to ensure their students have the proper vaccinations. Many kids get most of those injections for things like tetanus, chicken pox and measles before beginning kindergarten.

Those vaccinations help create a herd immunity, Kaiser Permanente pediatrician Brittany Bassitt said. 

“I know that a lot of us hear about herd immunity, and it really is a thing,” Bassitt said. “When a large portion of the population is vaccinated against a disease, we know that that helps minimize a disease from being able to spread effectively within a community.”

Along with those vaccinations, pediatricians are urging families to also get their students flu shots and boosters to protect against COVID-19.

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