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American Academy of Pediatrics Emphasizes Safety and Importance of Vaccines

1/11/2017

 
by: Fernando Stein, M.D., FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Karen Remley, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., FAAP, CEO/Executive Vice President, American Academy of Pediatrics 
 
In response to news reports today suggesting a possible new federal commission on immunizations, the American Academy of Pediatrics reiterates that vaccines protect children's health and save lives. They prevent life-threatening diseases, including forms of cancer. Vaccines have been part of the fabric of our society for decades and are the most significant medical innovation of our time.
 
Vaccines are safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines save lives.
 
Claims that vaccines are linked to autism, or are unsafe when administered according to the recommended schedule, have been disproven by a robust body of medical literature. Delaying vaccines only leaves a child at risk of disease. Vaccines keep communities healthy, and protect some of the most vulnerable in our society, including the elderly, and children who are too young to be vaccinated or have compromised immune systems.
 
Pediatricians partner with parents to provide the best care for their children, and what is best for children is to be fully vaccinated. We stand ready to work with the White House and the federal government to share the extensive scientific evidence demonstrating the safety of vaccines, including the recommended schedule


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    Richard Oken, MD, FAAP
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