In the spring of 2020 I told families things with more confidence than the evidence supported. What that cost, what the measles numbers actually show, what an order splitting the MMR shot would do in a real clinic, and the three findings that would prove me wrong.
The phone comes out about four minutes in. By the time I walk into that room, I am not the first opinion. I am the third. What twenty years of practice, and one week of televised argument, reveal about medical trust.
