Deeksha Ajeya

2 months ago | opmed.doximity.com | Tasia Isbell |Jordan Frey |Deeksha Ajeya |Abraham Kim

“Can you explain each of these?” my patient’s father asked, handing me a crumpled sheet of paper. It was a list — a long list — of vaccine ingredients. The baby boy nestled in his mother’s arms was quiet, oblivious to the conversation unfolding around him. The parents had come for a routine two-month well-child visit, and they were uneasy about one thing: the vaccines their child was scheduled to receive. “319 mcg aluminum from aluminum salts,” the list read. “<0.0056% polysorbate 80.