Public Health vs. Parents' Fears

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Dr. Philip LaRussa - professor of clinical pediatrics at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, also specialist in pediatrics and infectious disease at the Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian -on why mandatory childhood immunizations are necessary for the public good. He is joined by Barbara Loe Fisher - Co-founder and President of the National Vaccine Information Center and co-author of DPT [Diptheria Pertussis Tetanus] A Shot in the Dark - who explains on why parents should decide if their children should be immunized.

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