Politics have largely stayed out of Julie Linton’s South Carolina pediatrician’s office over the years — that is, until recently. The Greenville physician has seen an uptick in the number of parents feeling reluctant or refusing to vaccinate their children.
Anti-vaccine messaging stemming from Washington D.C. isn’t helping, she says.
“We have people at the highest levels of government sharing information that causes hesitancy, and that’s deeply troubling,” Linton said. “I worry very much about messaging aligning with science, and that’s not happening.”
