True Stories

Let's do a little experiment. I’m going to tell you two stories, and at the end of this article, we’ll come back to them.

Here’s the first story: Last year, millions of children in the United States received the vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella—and only a few had a serious reaction to it. Shortly after the injection, about 1 in 4,000 children developed a fever that caused a seizure. About 1 in 40,000 children experienced a blood disorder.

Here’s the second story: A baby I’ll call Jayden