A Call to Action
A Call to Action There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. —John F….
A Call to Action There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. —John F….
Making Your Clinic a Lean, Mean, Vaccinating Machine Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. —Helen Keller We, as clinicians, can do everything right. We…
It’s a Jungle Out There: Navigating Vaccine Advice in the News and on the World Wide Web The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of…
Vaccine Ingredients—What Is All That Stuff Anyway? All things are poison, and nothing is without poison. The dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison. —Paracelsus There’s…
Influenza and HPV: A Closer Look at Two “Controversial” Vaccines—Point-Counterpoint, Part 3 In a controversy, the instant we feel angry, we have already ceased striving for truth, and begun striving…
Vaccine Concerns in Specific Populations: Point-Counterpoint, Part 2 Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate. —Renee Jain In the last chapter, we discussed general questions…
Addressing Your Patients’ Vaccine Doubts: Point-Counterpoint, Part 1 Doubt can only be removed by action. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Health care providers encounter a myriad of anti-vaccine claims, some of…
A Risk Worth Taking Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less….
The Lie That Started It All If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth….
Catching Flies: Approach Matters A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. —Benjamin Franklin Although the origins and exact meaning of Franklin’s phrase are debated,…