Pediatrician: politics have taken over the physician-patient relationship
Doctor worries about vaccine misinformation following TDH firing
and last updated 2021-07-14 21:22:09-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â A Nashville pediatrician said she worries the state is heading down a path encouraging vaccine misinformation that could lead to children being harmed.
Dr. Vidya Bansal has practice for 16 years, including residency, and owns her own office locally. She said when she heard news that the state would pause or reduce outreach to teenagers her initial thought was it could be potentially damaging for families and kids. When the community does not have a good vaccination rate, you are then predisposing children who are too young to get the vaccine to getting some of these vaccine preventable diseases, said Dr. Bansal.