03/11/2026
Being both a pediatrician and a mom means I make the same decisions for my own kids that I recommend to my patients.
Here are a few facts:
• The MMR vaccine has been studied in hundreds of thousands of children with no evidence it causes autism.
• The original paper claiming a link was retracted for fraud, and the author lost his medical license.
• Virtually every pediatrician vaccinates their own children.
• Before vaccines, measles hospitalized thousands of children every year and can cause pneumonia, encephalitis, and death.
Vaccines aren’t about winning arguments online.
They’re about protecting kids from diseases we know are dangerous and preventable