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Trust the science, not the tweets
The New Indian Express Kollam
|November 11, 2025
WHEN US President Donald Trump recently repeated the long-debunked claim linking childhood vaccines to autism, it did more than just spark outrage among scientists.
The ripple of misinformation crossed borders and was amplified in India by Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu which reignited one of the most damaging myths in modern medicine.
For medical professionals who have witnessed the near-eradication of polio and measles through vaccines, the fear such misinformation can spark is far more dangerous than any mild reaction a vaccine might cause. In India, paediatricians and infectious disease specialists are pushing back against the misinformation, reaffirming what decades of research, data, and experience have shown that paediatric vaccines are safe, effective, and vital to protecting children’s lives.
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