NARRATOR: By 1994, the only cases of polio in the U.S. were those caused by the oral vaccine itself. NARRATOR: After many months of searching the world for answers, they discovered the clues to Luke's illness lay on the other side of Melbourne. So, our job, as providers, is to make sure we separate the issues and bring forth the important ones that should be considered. NARRATOR: In 1998, an English doctor, Andrew Wakefield, argued there was a link between autism and MMR, the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. It's just like everything else, you want to get the vaccine before you have a risk of getting the disease, so that it protects you. ALISON SINGER: So, at this point, it's not like we have one study, or two studies, or five studies. So the virus can sort of hang out in the air for up to two hours. And I say "so-called" [air quotations gesture] because everyone associated that the timing of the vaccination and the timing of the first seizure meant that the vaccine was causative. NARRATOR: The doctors explained the vaccine had caused a fever, which had triggered Luke's seizure. SAM JACKSON: I went to the internet, and I was searching everywhere just to find similar stories. On the other hand, I think sometimes we expect parents to have all the data that we have as physicians, and it's not really fair. No, that's just the start of the conversation. You may also contact the CE Coordinator at NCIRD, Melissa Barnett at [email protected]. COVID-19 Vaccine Training Modules. Or, one of my patients will get sick and I can't do anything about it. The question is, what causes it? DR. DAN GESCHWIND (University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine): It's really extraordinary. NARRATOR: The science behind vaccines: why they work, how they work and how we decide to vaccinate or not…. To receive continuing education (CE) His study of 12 children was published in a major medical journal, The Lancet. So, if an infection strikes a little infant, then there's a great vulnerability. This is one of the safest vaccines that we have to offer, and it prevents cancer. NARRATOR: For six years, the team studied the patients carefully. He called his technique "vaccination," from "vacca," Latin for "cow.". The 2013 measles outbreak in New York hit hard and fast, but remained within the Brooklyn area. And I'm looking at this child, examining this child, and I was like "This can't be. I mean, they got it right. Alison noticed Jodie's symptoms around the same time as her daughter had her vaccinations, so she, like many parents, suspected there could be a link. JOHN SALAMONE: This vaccine had a problem, and there was a better one, and we fixed it. NARRATOR: Decision scientist, Brian Zikmund-Fisher, studies how we think about risk. In 2007, there were around 40 cases of measles across France. 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