Flu shot recommendation for kids dropped just as the illness rages

Every year, Dr. Molly O’Shea’s pediatric practices would hold drive-thru clinics in the parking lot to make it as easy as possible for busy parents to quickly get their kids their annual flu and COVID-19 shots.

“We would do big flu clinics. You know, hundreds — literally hundreds – of families would come through at one time and when they’d roll down their windows we would give vaccine,” O’Shea says.

But those days are gone.