Why Vaccinations Are Important

How vaccines from your pediatricians in Lithonia, Clarkston, and Smyrna, GA, can safeguard your child’s health

Vaccinations are one of the most effective, most convenient ways for you to safeguard your child’s health. Administration of vaccines is a common service your pediatrician can provide.

The pediatricians at Decatur Pediatric Group provide a wide range of medical services for children, including vaccinations to safeguard your child’s health. They have several convenient office locations in Lithonia, Clarkston, and Smyrna, GA, to help you and your child.

Vaccinations are important because they protect your child from serious illnesses and diseases including flu, COVID, meningitis, hepatitis, and other conditions.

Another important factor to consider is that when your child is vaccinated, it protects others too, including other family members, your child’s teachers, your child’s playmates, and you. It’s an excellent idea for your entire family to be vaccinated to protect against the spread of diseases.

The Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, recommends the following vaccines from birth through age 18:

• Hepatitis B
• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis
• Haemophilus influenza type B
• Polio
• Pneumococcal conjugate
• Rotavirus
• Measles, mumps, rubella
• Chickenpox
• Hepatitis A
• Human papillomavirus
• Meningococcal conjugate
• Flu
• Covid

To view or print the CDC immunization schedule, please click here:

There is a lot of misinformation on social media and other sources about vaccines. You and your family deserve to know the facts about vaccines. The truth is, vaccines are:

• Required for your child to attend daycare and school
• Safe because they are rigorously tested and approved by both the FDA and CDC before they are released for public use
• Effective because they boast a success rate of 90% to 99% prevention against serious diseases and illnesses
• Easy and convenient because they can be administered during your child’s regular well-child visit

To find out more about why vaccines are important and how they can safeguard your child’s health, call the pediatricians at Decatur Pediatric Group. You can reach them in the Clarkston, Lithonia, and Smyrna GA, locations by calling (404) 296-7133, so call now.