‘Are You Vaccinated?’ Should Be a New Vital Sign, Doctors Say

Doctors should ask all patients if they’ve gotten a Covid-19 vaccine as a routine practice and use easy-to-understand, nonpolitical messaging about why they should get the shot, industry professionals say.

“I would encourage every physician to make it a vital sign,” Brian C. Castrucci, president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, said during an American Medical Association webinar on debunking Covid-19 vaccine misinformation.

“If their patients reply, ‘Not yet, but I want to get it,’ make sure they have information for how to get it. If they say no, make sure to give them the facts,” he said.

More ...