0:00Most Americans have never heard
0:01the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP,
0:04but its work has saved literally millions of American lives over the last several decades.
0:10That work is now under attack.
0:13ACIP makes recommendations about vaccines
0:16based on sound scientific evidence,
0:18and now politics have intervened.
0:20What's the impact of this attack?
0:22Simply put, it sows mistrust in vaccines.
0:25And when trust erodes vaccine coverage declines,
0:28and diseases that many of us have never even seen before come back.
0:32The American Academy of Pediatrics is devastated by this attack
0:35on ACIP, and our biggest fear is that Americans,
0:38particularly children, will suffer and die because of it.
0:42We all need to fight for ACIP
0:44to preserve its mission and its independence.
0:47Our nation and our families deserve no less.