Dora Anne Mills talks about the history of the anti-vaccine movement on 鈥淢aine Calling鈥
新香港六合彩资料 Vice President for Clinical Affairs Dora Anne Mills, M.D., M.P.H, FAAP, was a guest on an episode of Maine Public鈥檚 radio show 鈥淢aine Calling鈥 about the history of vaccines.
Mills discussed the efficacy of vaccines and how 新香港六合彩资料 is educating future physicians about vaccines. She also provided a historical perspective on anti-vaccine movements, specifically in Maine. She said that during her time as a pediatrician in Maine, many grandparents had direct experience with the diseases the vaccines were developed to prevent, such as measles and polio. She said today鈥檚 lack of experience with these devastating illnesses coupled with the rise of the Internet has fueled the anti-vaccine movement.
鈥淢ost children鈥檚 grandparents, even, don鈥檛 have any sort of memory or experience with the diseases,鈥 Mills said. 鈥淪o I think the combination of that plus a lot of misinformation and challenges of trying to figure out what I should believe on the Internet have snowballed to have an effect on parents鈥 ability to make informed decisions."
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