Frozen 2’s Princess Anna voice actress Kristen Bell has come out in favor of vaccinating her children. In an all new Huffington Post essay, penned by the House of Lies star herself, she admits to once being anti-vaccination until getting all the facts. Now the mother of two is using her celebrity states to inform other parents.
In her blog for The Huffington Post, the mother of two made her case in favor of vaccinating her kids:
“At first, I leaned toward keeping our kids vaccine-free. I thought the concern about vaccination made sense. There are countless reasons to distrust the pharmaceutical industry, and I didn't want to put anything artificial or unnecessary in my child's body. Least of all something questionable that protects from diseases that don't even exist anywhere near us these days. Still, I felt a nagging responsibility to hear both sides of the argument (largely because I had my heart set on a ‘mother of the year’ mug).”
After going through her laundry list of facts and research, Bell concluded stateing:
“What struck me most during my research was the sincerity of voices on both sides of this debate. Parents are just trying to keep their children safe. It is heartbreaking to me that the FDA and other government agencies have so eroded any trust that even when they are doing a good job it is overlooked or discredited. These agencies need reform so we can once again feel safe to take them at their word. I am confident that if our families can come together to demand transparency and separation between corporate interests and the safety of our children, we will be able to create the kind of trustworthy oversight we need.
“As to the benefits of vaccinations, it has been proven; they work. That's enough for me to climb up on a soap box, make some ugly cardboard sign in my garage, and let other mothers know that it's safe, important, and bigger than emotion: It's the truth.”
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