10/16/2025
WHAT IF.... in the midst of all the controversy on vaccines and autism treatments, someone thought to have a bunch of caring brainiac pediatricians regularly review high quality clinical research and data on vaccines. WHAT IF these pediatricians prepared updated, comprehensive, and easily understood executive summaries for parents on what the science says about issues parents care about (measles vaccine safety and efficacy, aluminum in vaccines, vaccine schedule, etc.). WHAT IF the summary listed the clinical research upon which recommendations were based on, as opposed to someone’s general opinion so that the parents, if they chose to, could review all that information themselves. THE GOOD NEWS IS such papers exist free of charge to families. For years I have referred parents to The Vaccine Education Center (VEC) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). This is a good time to share this resource to families for your review so that parents can review the science and jot down questions for their child’s pediatrician.
Link: https://www.chop.edu/vaccine-education-center
Information about VEC: “The Vaccine Education Center (VEC) was launched in October 2000 to provide accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent... The goal of our effort is to communicate the facts about each vaccine as well as how vaccines are made, how and why vaccines work, who recommends them, whether they are safe, whether they are still necessary, and when they should be given...The VEC is funded by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and through philanthropic donations and does not receive support from vaccine manufacturers.”
Happy reading!
The Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides complete, up-to-date and reliable information about vaccines to parents and healthcare professionals.
