The claim—made publicly by a high-profile political figure—linking prenatal paracetamol use to autism, and questioning standard vaccine schedules, reopened wounds that medicine had mostly tried to soothe. Major health bodies—including WHO and EMA—maintain that current evidence does not justify changing guidance on paracetamol use in pregnancy when medically indicated. Headlines can undermine months or years of careful public health work in an instant.”Her sentiment speaks to a wider truth. Public health doesn’t happen in labs alone. Pay attention to public health guidance about vaccines—communities rely on herd immunity to protect the vulnerable.