I gave birth in 1983. There was a scare about childhood vaccines and brain injury. It was just that. A scare. There was no real science behind it.

I was pregnant. At a party I talked to other young moms. They were all worried about vaccines. Most had medical backgrounds, so I was surprised.

I was and am pro-science, and I defended vaccines against pseudoscience at that party and since. My son got every available vaccine on schedule, including the controversial ones. He’s a healthy man today.