Dr. Theresa Tam says health care providers need to help parents navigate fact from anti-vaxxer fiction
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's top doctor, said she plans to work with partners and stakeholders to address misinformation around vaccines.The country’s chief public health officer is urging her fellow doctors to answer questions from concerned parents about vaccinating their children to head off the spread of measles.
Wrapped up in the outbreak is an anti-vaccination movement with proponents known as anti-vaxxers, who argue the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine causes autism, even in the face of science that has debunked the claim. “How we talk to parents who have questions about vaccines can have a direct effect on improving their confidence and supporting them in getting their children vaccinated,” Tam says in her statement.
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