The Dispatch Podcast Vaccines and Visas | Roundtable
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Oct 20, 2025 Grayson Logue, a Dispatch reporter focusing on health issues, shares insights on how pediatricians handle vaccine skepticism and the challenges of dismissal policies. John McCormack, who reports on immigration, discusses ICE's Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, revealing a climate of fear among residents. Mike Warren, covering the Justice Department, highlights political influences on prosecutions under Pam Bondi's leadership, stressing the erosion of institutional norms. Together, they explore how these issues intertwine and affect communities.
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Why Pediatricians Dismiss Vaccine-Refusing Families
- Pediatric practices increasingly use dismissal policies to manage vaccine refusal and reduce outbreak risk in waiting rooms.
- These policies began after outbreaks like 2014 Disneyland measles and have since spread nationwide.
Weigh Time And Costs Before Extended Counseling
- Do consider the time and financial costs when counseling vaccine-skeptical families because long discussions drain practice resources.
- Delegate where possible and weigh staff capacity before committing to extended counseling sessions.
Local Clinic Risk Differs From Aggregate Risk
- Clinics must judge exposure risk from unvaccinated children at the individual-practice level, not just by population averages.
- Researchers say aggregate risk may be small, but local clinic-level risk can still be meaningful.