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Ari Brown on Vaccines

Ari Brown, MD is a pediatrician in Austin, Texas who is the author of the popular 411 series of parenting books.

Ari Brown was one of the first pediatricians to combat misinformation about vaccines.
Ari Brown was one of the first pediatricians to combat misinformation about vaccines.

She also famously responded to Jenny McCarthy‘s 2007 appearance on Oprah which scared a lot of parents:

“When a well-meaning parent like Jenny McCarthy blames vaccines for her child’s autism, placing the fear of God into every parent who has a baby, it’s not only irresponsible – it’s dangerous. Why? It’s simple math: vaccines are less effective when large numbers of parents opt out. And the more who opt out, the less protected ALL our children are.

Celebrity books come and go, but the anxiety they create lives on in pediatricians’ offices across the country. A small, but growing number of parents are even lying about their religious beliefs to avoid having their children vaccinated, thanks in part to the media hysteria created by this book.”

Ari Brown

The full Letter from Dr Brown called out The New McCarthyism and “all the medical inaccuracies of her book.”

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