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NewsColony Doctors Worry As Children Are Not Being Brought In For Immunizations During Coronavirus Pandemic CHICAGO (CBS) — The coronavirus certainly is not the only big concern for doctors right now. People just aren’t going to the doctor at all – and that is creating a whole new problem, especially for children. Joining CBS 2’s Irika Sargent to talk about that on Friday was Dr. Jeffrey Loughead, medical director of pediatrics at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Loughead said some parents have expressed fears of stepping into hospitals or doctors’ offices with their children at all. “We’re hearing that certainly some of them are. Some of them have expressed concern that the environment has the virus in it, and that bringing the children into the environment would unnecessarily put them at risk,” Loughead said. “We think that that’s a relatively small number, however, but it is a concerning number that some people are fearful, and we’re trying to get the word out t...