You are a teacher in a preschool serving 3-5 year olds. A parent of one of your children has been sharing her anti-vaccine philosophy with the other parents, including that the MMR vaccine h

You are a teacher in a preschool serving 3-5 year olds. A parent of one of your children has been sharing her anti-vaccine philosophy with the other parents, including that the MMR vaccine has been linked to complications after birth, including autism. Your state currently allows parents to opt out of vaccines. To date, she is the only parent of an enrolled child who has done this, but there are several families with young children yet to be vaccinated who are being swayed by her comments. Knowing that these assertions are not founded on data-based evidence, you decide to review the research on this topic, in order to provide unbiased information to all the parents in your class.