Coronavirus presents second health threat, low vaccination rate

Since the rise of COVID-19, pediatrician Eric Ball’s job hasn’t been the same.
Before mid-March, when the first round of stay-at-home orders took hold in California, Ball tended to a steady flow of young patients. Their parents brought them to his Ladera Ranch office, Southern California Pediatric Associates, for regular well-child visits and, critically, childhood vaccinations.
No more. Today, even with health fears gripping the community, Ball’s medical office is strangely qu