La Mesa Family Medical Group

New update on the COVID-19 vaccine in San Diego County! "Distribution of COVID-19 vaccine will be done in phases. The vaccine allocation was determined by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the distribution of all vaccines. Phase 1A, 1B and 1C:... The County is expected to get about 28,000 doses of a vaccine made by Pfizer in the next few days, after it receives emergency use authorization. Critical care health workers will be the first people to get it, followed by long-term care facility residents and employees. As other pharmaceutical companies receive emergency use authorization, more vaccines will arrive in the region. The initial distribution will not be sufficient to vaccinate all people in these populations. However, the state anticipates the second round of vaccines to follow about three weeks after the first round. If the ACIP approves the remaining recommendations, and once people in the first two groups in Phase 1A are vaccinated and more COVID-19 vaccine doses are available, they will go to essential workers (Phase 1B). These are people who work in education, food and agriculture, police officers, firefighters, correctional officers and transportation workers, among others. After that, the priority will be to vaccinate adults with underlying medical conditions and people over the age of 65 because they are at higher risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19 (Phase 1C). Phase 2: Immunizations will then be available for children and young adults under the age of 30 and then for critical workers not included in Phase 1 or Phase 2. Phase 3: The final phase will be people of all ages who live in the United States. The phases could be revised as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices determines if some groups are at higher risk from COVID-19 and therefore would need to be vaccinated sooner. The CDC anticipates that by June of 2021, everyone wanting to get vaccinated against COVID-19 should be able to do so." https://www.countynewscenter.com/covid-19-vaccine-who-is-g/

Flu shots are in! SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS for shots are REQUIRED. Due to COVID restrictions, we are unable to take walk-ins. Our flu shot appointment slots will be available Monday-Friday from 9am-11am and 1pm-4pm. We will also be offering Saturday flu shot clinics on 10/17/2020 and 10/24/2020 from 9am-1pm. Please call us at (619)270-4388 to schedule a flu shot appointment today!

L’Shana Tova! Wishing all of our Jewish friends and family a happy, healthy and sweet New Year 5781, which began with Rosh Hashanah at sundown last night. May the coming year bring us all joy and good health!

White coats for black lives

Face masks are a must! Please watch this video to ensure you are wearing your mask properly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OABvzu9e-hw#action=share