7 Reasons Doctors Vaccinate Their Kids
Cook Children's pediatricians share just a few of reasons why they make sure their own children are vaccinated.
- Vaccines are safe!
Millions of vaccines are given every year with minimal side effects, with the most common bring low-grade fever, redness around the vaccine site and maybe some muscle aches. - Vaccines are effective!
Across the world, diseases like smallpox have all but been eradicated because of vaccines. - Vaccines save lives!
Vaccines prevent diseases—even in healthy children—that can lead to hospitalizations, pneumonia, hearing loss, loss of an arm or a leg, brain damage and even death. - Vaccines do not cause autism
Research has proven again and again that there is absolutely no link between vaccines and autism. - Vaccines are recommended by my kids' own pediatrician
They're also recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others. - Vaccines help keep my community safe
Vaccines help prevent your child from spreading illnesses to at-risk individuals such as your parents who have diabetes, your child's classmate who is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, your neighbor who just received a kidney transplant or the cashier in the grocery store who has an autoimmune condition. - I want my kids to give their grandparents a big hugs! We get our vaccines so every time we see him, my kids can run and give their grandparents the BIGGEST hugs without worrying about giving the the flu or COVID!
If you have any questions or concerns about vaccines, please reach out to your pediatrician or primary care provider. We know they'd love to talk to you more and answer all of your questions and concerns.
More vaccine information
- Vaccine schedule by age | Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Download our vaccine schedule | Cook Children's
- Immunizations and vaccines information | Cook Children's
- Immune system | Cook Children's
- Immunity types | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- How Does the Immune System Work? (Video) for Kids | Cook Children's