Gastroenterologists should feel comfortable educating patients that appropriate steps are being taken to ensure the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, according to a report published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
“There were no shortcuts in COVID-19 vaccine development and providers should be familiar with vaccine approval and development, that way they feel comfortable educating patients and addressing their concerns,” Freddy Caldera, DO, MS, from the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, told Healio Gastroenterology.