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Everyone has probably heard about the outbreak of measles in the undervaccinated orthodox Jewish community in New York in 2018 that later catalyzed 75% of US measles cases in 2019.1 Sadly, misinformation can change social behavior.2 Many of the children in this community had not been vaccinated because of personal exemptions. These nonmedical exemptions contribute to undervaccination of children in many different communities.3 Many parents choose not to vaccinate their children because of fears about postvaccination febrile seizures or poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. While febrile seizures have been associated with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine,4 there is ample evidence that vaccines do not cause autism, epilepsy, or epileptic encephalopathies.4–6 In this issue of Neurology®, Deng et al.7 provide additional, timely evidence that vaccines do not lead to adverse neurologic outcomes.
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