As a doctor who treated patients for decades, my top priority is protecting children and families. Multiple children have died or were hospitalized from measles, and South Carolina continues to face a growing outbreak. Two children have died in my state from whooping cough. All of this was preventable with safe and effective vaccines.
The vaccine schedule IS NOT A MANDATE. It’s a recommendation giving parents the power. Changing the pediatric vaccine schedule based on no scientific input on safety risks and little transparency will cause unnecessary fear for patients and doctors, and will make America sicker.
Forwarding a recent podcast in which Veronica Alvarez and I discuss compulsive behaviors and the Center for Compulsive Behaviors at NIH. Nice to work with such a great group of fellows and PIs on this important problem.
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