La Peer Pediatrics will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022.
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COVID-19 Vaccines at La Peer Pediatrics
For La Peer Pediatrics patients only:
We are booking appointments for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months – 5 years (two dose series) and the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months – 4 years (3 dose series).
Please email us at Frontoffice@Lapeerpeds.com for our unique MyTurn.ca.gov link to book the appointment.
The front desk cannot book the appointment for you.
PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH VACCINE YOU WANT IN YOUR EMAIL (Pfizer or Moderna). WE CAN ONLY EMAIL YOU THE SPECIFIC LINK TO THE VACCINE YOU CHOOSE.
WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
For July and August, we will be giving COVID vaccines on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Space is limited right now so please ask for the link as soon as possible.
Office Closed July 4, 2022
La Peer Pediatrics will be closed, Monday July 4, 2022, for Independence Day.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at Children’s Hospital of LA for ages 6 mo. and Older
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Sunset Campus
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90027 T
he Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is available for anyone 6 months old and older. Anyone under 18 years of age will need a parent or guardian with them at the time of their vaccine appointment.
Vaccination Clinic Hours Vaccination Clinic Days 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, except on Major Holidays
Do I need to make an appointment? Appointments are preferred but walk-ins are also welcome. Please note: we can only guarantee a vaccine if you arrive before 3:30 p.m. Enter at the hospital main entrance. You must complete a COVID screening to get a visitor pass, Guest Services will direct you to the clinic. Parking validation is available at clinic check-in.
How do I schedule an appointment? To make an appointment visit: www.myturn.ca.gov and look for our clinic name: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pfizer) Ages 5-11 or CHLA (Pfizer) Ages 12+ CHLA (Pfizer) 6 mos to 4 yo.
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COVID Vaccine Availability at La Peer Pediatrics
We will soon have the recently approved COVID-19 vaccines in stock for children 6 months – 5 years.
We will offer vaccine clinics two days a week for these, by appointment only. We will post another announcement here when we have the COVID vaccines in stock.
We will not be able to give COVID vaccines at routine office visits and check-ups.
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Office Closed for Memorial Day
La Peer Pediatrics will be closed Monday, May 30, 2022, for the Memorial Day holiday.
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New Year’s Holiday Office Hours
La Peer Pediatrics will close at noon on Friday, December 31, and will be entirely closed on Saturday, January 1.
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Christmas Holiday Office Hours
La Peer Pediatrics will close at noon on Friday, December 24, and will be entirely closed on Saturday, December 25.
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Thanksgiving Holiday Hours – Closed Thursday, Shortened Hours Friday
La Peer Pediatrics will be closed on Thursday, November 25, 2021, for Thanksgiving Day.
On Friday, November 26, we will be open 9a to 12p for urgent visits by appointment only.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
COVID-19 Vaccine for 5-11 Year Old Children
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 years old was approved yesterday 11/2/2021. We do not yet have this vaccine in stock, and we anticipate it may be 2 months before we do.
We endorse this vaccine as safe and effective, and another step toward returning to normalcy. We recommend that anyone eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine should get one as soon as it is available.
- More than 6 million children have been infected with this virus since the beginning of the pandemic, and children have suffered in numerous other ways. This includes disruptions to their education, harms to their mental and emotional health, and greatly diminished access to critical medical services.
- Vaccinating children will protect their health, and also allow them to fully engage in all of the activities that are so important to their health and development. It will also enable children to safely visit with friends and family during winter holiday celebrations.
- Children can get sick from COVID, and some get very sick.
- Vaccines have the power to stop epidemics. Children make up a significant part of our population, and vaccinating children must be part of our strategy to control this virus so it cannot continue to spread.
- People die from COVID-19, not from the vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11 is safe and effective.
- The evidence shows that the vaccine is safe and effective for this age group of children. Parents can be reassured that the vaccine for children ages 5-11 was subject to the very same multi-step testing and approval process as all other COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 vaccines─ including those routinely recommended for childhood vaccination.
- The vaccine’s safety was studied in approximately 3,100 children age 5 through 11 who received the vaccine. Children had only mild to moderate side effects that went away within two days. These side effects were more common after the second vaccine, and included redness and swelling, fatigue, headache, muscle and/or joint pain, chills, fever, swollen lymph nodes, nausea and decreased appetite.
- All of these symptoms are what we expect to see after a vaccine. They are a sign that the vaccine is working with your immune system so that your body will be ready if it’s ever exposed to the virus.
- This builds on the experience we have so far with this vaccine, which has been given to millions of adolescents and adults in the U.S.
- Experts agree that benefits of the vaccine for this age group greatly outweigh the risks. The vaccine can prevent your child from getting sick, and from transmitting the virus to others. While severe illness or death from COVID in children is relatively rare, thousands of children have been hospitalized and hundreds have died from the infection.
- Studies show that two doses of 10 micrograms of the vaccine administered 21 days apart reduce the risk of symptomatic disease by 91% with no side effects.
Where to get the vaccine: