Don’t skip vaccines during the pandemic

It’s one of the many paradoxical elements of our changing lives during the coronavirus pandemic: In an understandable but ultimately misguided effort to protect our health and that of our family members, many of us are entirely avoiding not only hospitals but any and all formerly regular visits to physicians’ and dentists’ offices.
We have become very used to staying away from others during the social-distancing shutdown, and we fear that by visiting a doctor’s office, we