Immunizations

Dear Rainbow Pediatrics Families:

Rainbow Pediatrics fully supports the childhood immunization schedule developed and recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP developed the very first childhood immunization schedule almost 100 years ago and has continued to research, review, and recommend such a schedule annually since then. The AAP schedule is based on evidence-based science and has only one goal: to protect children from preventable diseases with safe and effective vaccine. The most significant public health success in the US and worldwide has been the development and administration of immunizations. Millions of lives have been saved. Vaccines are given not only to protect the person who receives the vaccine but also protect others who are too young to be vaccinated and those whose immune systems are compromised such as by cancer or medications. Every vaccine on the schedule has been thoroughly studied and the reasons why and when each one is recommended has been very thoroughly considered. Because vaccines have been so effective, many illnesses have become so uncommon that their devastating consequences have been all but forgotten. Unfortunately. With the recent increase in vaccine hesitancy and decline in immunizations, may of those illnesses like measles, whooping cough, polio, and tetanus are already on the rise again, and we have already started seeing their tragic consequences.
Rainbow Pediatrics encourages families to choose to protect their children per the AAP's guidelines, we will continue to provide our patient with accurate, evidence-based information. We will never recommend a vaccine that we would not take ourselves or give to our children. We encourage parents that have questions regarding vaccines to speak with us. You can learn more about vaccines in the links provided below.

Vaccine Education Center

https://www.chop.edu/vaccine-education-center

Healthy Children

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/Pages/default.aspx