Dr. Turner: Vaccines are safe and effective

Oct. 5 -- To the Editor:

I am writing as a grandfather and a pediatrician for 50 years to urge all parents to follow the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and to get their infants, children, and adolescents fully vaccinated. R.F.K., Jr’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) cannot be trusted since their recommendations are currently based on conspiracy theories and junk science.

All current vaccines—including Covid-19—are highly effective and exceedingly safe. They are studied extensively prior to their approval and continue to be monitored constantly through several systems: VEARS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) is a crude early warning system which can help to generate hypotheses but does not

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