Dr. Adam Ratner

There's nobody who wants a child to get sick. Right. And I think that, you know, for me, that's the grounding point. You know, that's the place where I think that I or any other pediatrician can come together with a family. And then we can talk about the details.

There's nobody who wants a child to get sick. Right. And I think that, you know, for me, that's the grounding point. You know, that's the place where I think that I or any other pediatrician can come together with a family. And then we can talk about the details.

There's nobody who wants a child to get sick. Right. And I think that, you know, for me, that's the grounding point. You know, that's the place where I think that I or any other pediatrician can come together with a family. And then we can talk about the details.

And we can talk about balancing risks and benefits, which is something that we all do all the time and often with not enough information available. for people to feel entirely comfortable. Some of it is talking about the diseases that we're trying to prevent, which can get minimized in anti-vaccine rhetoric, but can be really serious.

And we can talk about balancing risks and benefits, which is something that we all do all the time and often with not enough information available. for people to feel entirely comfortable. Some of it is talking about the diseases that we're trying to prevent, which can get minimized in anti-vaccine rhetoric, but can be really serious.

And we can talk about balancing risks and benefits, which is something that we all do all the time and often with not enough information available. for people to feel entirely comfortable. Some of it is talking about the diseases that we're trying to prevent, which can get minimized in anti-vaccine rhetoric, but can be really serious.

I'm old enough that I'm able to use my personal experience often in those conversations. I've seen a lot of the diseases, although not all of them, that we vaccinate against. And I think building that trust and building on the fact that we're all pulling for the same thing is the most important piece of the conversation. But it's hard, and it's usually not one conversation.

I'm old enough that I'm able to use my personal experience often in those conversations. I've seen a lot of the diseases, although not all of them, that we vaccinate against. And I think building that trust and building on the fact that we're all pulling for the same thing is the most important piece of the conversation. But it's hard, and it's usually not one conversation.

I'm old enough that I'm able to use my personal experience often in those conversations. I've seen a lot of the diseases, although not all of them, that we vaccinate against. And I think building that trust and building on the fact that we're all pulling for the same thing is the most important piece of the conversation. But it's hard, and it's usually not one conversation.

Variably. So I'm not a primary pediatrician. Like I am an infectious disease specialist and I see kids in the hospital. So I see families at kind of a different time than their primary pediatricians do. And the primary pediatricians are really the heroes in pediatricians. this piece of things.

Variably. So I'm not a primary pediatrician. Like I am an infectious disease specialist and I see kids in the hospital. So I see families at kind of a different time than their primary pediatricians do. And the primary pediatricians are really the heroes in pediatricians. this piece of things.

Variably. So I'm not a primary pediatrician. Like I am an infectious disease specialist and I see kids in the hospital. So I see families at kind of a different time than their primary pediatricians do. And the primary pediatricians are really the heroes in pediatricians. this piece of things.

Like, I think they're the ones who have repeated conversations with families who develop trust over time and who can help families take in good science-based messaging and help bring them around to vaccination. I see parents at a different time. There is no family who wants to be where I work, which is a children's hospital.

Like, I think they're the ones who have repeated conversations with families who develop trust over time and who can help families take in good science-based messaging and help bring them around to vaccination. I see parents at a different time. There is no family who wants to be where I work, which is a children's hospital.

Like, I think they're the ones who have repeated conversations with families who develop trust over time and who can help families take in good science-based messaging and help bring them around to vaccination. I see parents at a different time. There is no family who wants to be where I work, which is a children's hospital.

Yes. And so I sometimes have families, I sometimes have conversations with families who are in the hospital because their child has a vaccine-preventable disease. And that's a different conversation. And it's one that can very easily go south in the sense that People can often feel like they're being blamed, which is never my intention.

Yes. And so I sometimes have families, I sometimes have conversations with families who are in the hospital because their child has a vaccine-preventable disease. And that's a different conversation. And it's one that can very easily go south in the sense that People can often feel like they're being blamed, which is never my intention.

Yes. And so I sometimes have families, I sometimes have conversations with families who are in the hospital because their child has a vaccine-preventable disease. And that's a different conversation. And it's one that can very easily go south in the sense that People can often feel like they're being blamed, which is never my intention.

And people can feel like it's not an appropriate conversation to have at the time. And I think it's a conversation that needs to be had, but it needs to be done carefully. Like you need to choose your words carefully. It needs to be done with empathy because when I'm seeing children, it's usually because they have a child who's sick enough to be in the hospital.

And people can feel like it's not an appropriate conversation to have at the time. And I think it's a conversation that needs to be had, but it needs to be done carefully. Like you need to choose your words carefully. It needs to be done with empathy because when I'm seeing children, it's usually because they have a child who's sick enough to be in the hospital.