Studies indicate that a strong recommendation from doctors significantly impacts vaccination rates. Despite her history of convincing families to vaccinate, pediatrician Nola Ernest now faces a concerning trend where previously compliant families express hesitancy for newborn vaccinations. Distrust surrounds the notion of vaccines being unjustly mandated and potentially harmful. Influential figures such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have pointed to vaccines as unnecessary, challenging physicians’ trust. Many patients are caught between the reliability of their doctors and the statements from government officials, resulting in confusion and skepticism towards vaccinations.
"Until recently, doubt about vaccines might have been seeded mainly by cautions from friends and family, or by unreliable information online. Now, though, doubt about vaccines has the weight of the federal government behind it."
"I reassure them that I am still the same pediatrician. They say, 'We still trust you. We just think a lot of the things have been pushed on us for a long time that were not actually necessary, or were harmful.'"
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