Daniel B. Blatt, M.D., joined Norton Children’s in August 2020 as a pediatric infectious diseases physician. He is a pediatric transplant infectious disease specialist and a member of the Norton Children’s Hospital’s infection control committee.
Dr. Blatt is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics. He is a member of multiple national organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Dr. Blatt participated in a live interview about back-to-school illnesses and how to prevent them.
Dr. Blatt comments on Kentucky's low vaccination rate.
“In Kentucky in particular, there are some additional hesitations that parents have leading toward lower vaccine rates for both COVID and flu, and it’s our job as health care providers to educate parents that these are very safe and effective vaccines at keeping kids out of the hospital,” Dr. Blatt said, adding, “Even though most kids do okay with covid and flu, there are some kids that don’t, and no one wants to be the parent of a child that dies of COVID or flu.”