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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerican Academy of Pediatrics responds to GOP debate lies.
American Academy of Pediatrics Reiterates Safety and Importance of Vaccines
9/17/2015
by: Karen Remley, MD, MBA, MPH, FAAP, Executive Director, American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics would like to correct false statements made during the Republican presidential debate last night regarding vaccines. 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. It is dangerous to public health to suggest otherwise.
There is no alternative immunization schedule. Delaying vaccines only leaves a child at risk of disease for a longer period of time; it does not make vaccinating safer.
Vaccines work, plain and simple. Vaccines are one of the safest, most effective and most important medical innovations of our time. Pediatricians partner with parents to provide what is best for their child, and what is best is for children to be fully vaccinated.
https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/American-Academy-of-Pediatrics-Reiterates-Safety-and-Importance-of-Vaccines.aspx#sthash.ZidvjNPd.dpuf
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American Academy of Pediatrics responds to GOP debate lies. (Original Post)
progressoid
Sep 2015
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. Imagine that they have to do this in response to one of two major political parties
spreading complete bullshit.
Sadly, nothing any con ever says ever is true, so the fact checking could take weeks.
Ilsa
(61,676 posts)2. When will the AMA or FACOG respond to defunding PP?
Save the kids; screw their moms?
Rex
(65,616 posts)3. Republican logic - .001% of the population is allergic to these vaccinations, therefore
ALL vaccinations in America should be discontinued for the safety of a few hundred out of millions and millions that will now die from pox.
I swear, how America reached this warped...nah, I know how we reached this point.