Childhood vaccination, one of the top public-health achievements of all time, has become an occupational headache and heartache for pediatricians. On a daily basis, they face balking that ranges from minor concerns about vaccine safety, to requests to alter the optimal timetable for immunizations, to intractable distrust and refusal. Last week, pediatricians cheered as their professional organization boldly confronted the growing problem of vaccine “hesitancy.”
Pediatricians inject science, reason, and tough love to fight vaccine ‘hesitancy’
