Recognizing the importance of vaccinations and immunizations in the United States.

commends the international community, global and domestic health organizations, the private sector, school and community leaders, and faith-based organizations for their tireless work and immense contributions to bolstering our global and domestic health through vaccination;

affirms vaccines and immunizations save lives and are essential to maintain the public health, and the economic and national security of the people of the United States;

recognizes that the lack of vaccination can create an environment in which a public health crisis could emerge, and that there is no credible evidence demonstrating that vaccines cause life-threatening or disabling diseases in healthy children or adults;

encourages a continued commitment to biomedical research to improve vaccines and to develop new vaccines against other infectious and fatal diseases; and

urges everyone, in consultation with their health care provider, to follow the scientific evidence and consensus of medical experts in favor of timely vaccinations to protect themselves, their children, their family, and their community.