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this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
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Why is who's making them important? A pediatrician is someone who's field is child medical care, including vaccines. I can guarantee she's pretty up to date in the literature surrounding vaccine efficacy and dangers to children. Part of being a doctor is learning to read studies and interpret them, and also keeping up to date with the literature, especially in your field.
For your example, your doctor might not know the answer to the exact question you ask, but they have training on how to get the answer that an average person doesn't. They should understand sigma levels of studies and what types of trials are better or worse for determining cause and effect. They (hopefully) won't just accept the first Google result that pops up. They also can recommend you to see a specialist if it's out of their domain.