Nurses Vaccinate to Protect Families and Patients
The best critical thinkers can fall victim to misinformation—even nurses like me. I was recently reminded of a time I had been misguided when I…
Leaving the Anti-Vaccine Movement
I can’t tell you how I became pro-vaccine without first telling you how I became anti-vaccine. When my oldest daughter was about four months old,…
Growing Up Unvaccinated
I am the 70s child of a health nut. I wasn't vaccinated. I was brought up on an incredibly healthy diet: no sugar til I…
How a Chickenpox Lollipop and a Pink Birthmark Got Me All Worked Up About Vaccination
When my son Cole* was 10 months old, my neighbor Melissa* informed me that she was going to be giving her 4-year-old daughter a chickenpox…
Getting with the Schedule: Slow-Vax to Pro-Vax
I am the mother of a two-year-old girl and a nine-month-old girl. My pregnancy with my youngest was unexpected and filled with worry. I nearly…
Science is Real
Of all the criticisms lobbed at me after I "came out" as pro-vaccine, by far my favorite is that I'm in the pocket of Big…
A Science-Based View
Today, instead of watching Jenny McCarthy make her debut on The View, I will be getting my annual influenza vaccine. As a registered nurse, I…
Making the hard choice to protect
My son, H, had his 12 month well visit one Friday where he received the pneumonia, MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella), and Hepatitis A vaccinations.…
Advocating for Benjamin
It might seem like a simple thing to most people. You bring your child to the pediatrician, he or she say it’s time to get…
Protecting Jude
Jude looked up at me with an expression of incredulous shock. She was being hurt and I was standing there doing nothing about it! At…