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Recommendations for Reporting About Vaccines

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / February 14, 2018 February 14, 2018 / Andrew Wakefield, anecdotes, anti-vaccine movement, Bob Sears, celebrities, cherry picking, DPT, false balance, health journalists, history of the anti-vaccine movement, media, myths, propaganda, questions about vaccines, reporters, talking about vaccines, Vaccine Education

Reporters should understand that the way they cover vaccines and vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks can influence the behavior of people, either helping them understand that vaccines are safe and necessary, putting them on-the-fence about vaccines, or scarring them away from getting vaccinated and protected.

Answers To Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / February 7, 2018 February 7, 2018 / Andrew Wakefield, answers, anti-vaccine talking points, autism, Bob Sears, exemptions, herd immunity, MTHFR, myths, regret, shedding, toxins, vaccine court, vaccine injury, VAERS

The most basic answers to your questions about vaccines are that while vaccines aren’t perfect, they are safe and necessary and they do work well to protect us from vaccine-preventable disease.

What Causes Non-Stop Crying After DTaP Vaccines?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / December 30, 2017 December 30, 2017 / crying, DTaP, DTP scream, encephalitis, myths, pain relief, reporting vaccine side effects, side effects, Vaccine Misinformation

Crying non-stop for 3 hours or more after a vaccine can be scary. Fortunately, DTaP crying is not caused by encephalitis or any other terrible thing you might read about. It is a painful local reaction.

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