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As medical professionals, we feel very strongly that vaccinating children in accordance with AAP and CDC guideline is absolutely the right thing to do. However, we do accept families who do not vaccinate or choose alternate schedules because we also believe that infants, toddlers and children of all ages should receive reliable quality health care.

• In instances where a known vaccine preventable disease is in the community such as measles, chicken pox or pertussis, and your child is ill, unfortuately we cannot see them in our office as we cannot risk infecting other children. At this time we may ask to see your child in your car or send you to an urgent care or ER. We do ask that before you go into any medical facility with your sick child, you inform them ahead of time so necessary precautions can be taken to prevent the spread of the illness. 

We would like to make you aware of some vaccine facts to emphasize the importance of vaccinating your child. We are more than willing to discuss any additional questions you may have about vaccines.

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• Vaccines prevent serious illness and save lives.
• We believe in the safety of vaccines.
• We believe that all children and young adults should receive all of the recommended vaccines according to the schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP).
• Based on all available literature, evidence and current studies, vaccines do not cause autism or other developmental disabilities.
• Thimerosal is not present in any vaccine given to a child 6 years and younger. There are some vaccines for adolesents and adults that contain Thimerosal but none that are given in our office. Thimerosal, a mercury based preservative has been in vaccines for decades, does not cause autism or other developmental disabilities or disease. The amount of Thimerosal in a vaccine is equivalent to the amount of mercury present in a 3 ounce can of tuna fish.
• Vaccinating children and young adults may be the most important health promoting intervention we have as health care providers and that you can support as parents/caregivers.

The vaccine campaign truly is a victim of its own success. It is precisely because vaccines are so effective at preventing illness that we are even discussing whether or not they should be given. Because of vaccines, many of you have never seen a child with polio, tetanus, whooping cough, bacterial meningitis, or even chickenpox, or known a friend or family member whose child died of one of these diseases. Such success can make us complacent or even lazy about vaccinating. If the declining vaccination rates continue, it will lead to tragic results.

Over the past several years, many people in Europe have chosen not to vaccinate their children with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine after publication of an unfounded suspicion (later retracted) that the vaccine caused autism. As a result of under-immunization, there have been small outbreaks of measles and several deaths from complications of measles in Europe over the past several years. The United States experienced a record number of measles cases during 2019, with 1282 cases from 31 states reported to CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases(NCIRD). This is the greatest number of cases since measles elimination was documented in the U.S. in 2000.

Furthermore, by not vaccinating your child, you are depending on the thousands of others who do vaccinate their children to protect your child and all those who are too young to be vaccinated, immune compromised or suffering from a chronic illness.

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