Dr. Legido says he frequently gets questions from parents about the safety of certain vaccines, or of the timing of them. Current vaccine schedules call for several shots to be given at some appointments.
He understands their concerns, but urges them to keep to the current schedule.
He says reactions to vaccines are very rare.
"Scientifically, there is no proof that vaccines cause autism, or are related to autism," says the doctor.
"Vaccines have been the best advance of medicines of the past 50, 60 years. and it prevents disease, and does not cause disease," says the doctor.
From polio to pertussis, or whooping cough, all the way to rotavirus, Dr. Legido says vaccines have saved millions of lives, and kept even more out of hospitals.
"Remember, Bill Gates has decided to give money to prevent, with vaccines, many diseases in the world!"
Dr. Legido says some parents will never be convinced that vaccines can't cause autism. But he says they have to understand the consequences, that unvaccinated children are more likely to contract dangerous diseases.
He points to the drop in vaccine rates, which have allowed measles to return every year in the United Kingdom, and which set the stage for the 2008 measles outbreak in the United States.
