How Effective Are Childhood Vaccines?
Modern vaccines are very effective. But nothing is 100% effective. As people know, children can – sadly – be harmed in a car accident even…
Building on Momentum
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and we hope your social media feeds have been inundated with vaccine talk. But we need to remember that…
Emerging from the Herd
I was raised in a family where it was traditional to challenge authority and the status quo, to buck trends and conventions, and to always…
How My Four-Year-Old Became Pro-Vaccine
It was 1998, and the chickenpox vaccine was just coming out. At that time–the chickenpox vaccine became available in 1995—my daughter was four and completely…
Why I Keep Posting
Or: Confessions of a Broken Record I post about two things on social media - science fiction and vaccines. The first, because I love it. …
Social Media is Being Infected
If you are on Facebook or Twitter in the next month, you might notice measles, influenza, mumps, and polio cropping up on profile pictures and…
I Vaccinate My Kids Because I Wish My Parents Had Vaccinated Me
My name is Grace. I was raised in a cult. There are a lot of things wrong with being raised in a cult— religious brainwashing,…
My Daughters’ Lives Depend on Community Immunity
In recognition of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), Voices For Vaccines is participating in a blog relay to discuss the critical role vaccines play in protecting children,…
An Interview with Dr. Jacobson: Mayo Clinic and the HPV Vaccine
As the person at the helm of Voices for Vaccines, I frequently hear the newest claims made by anti-vaccine activists about the alleged dangers of…
Manipulated by Fear
Although it’s hard for me to admit—and makes me feel vulnerable—I was previously anti-vaccine. As a young first-time mother seven years ago, I had had…