A Mother’s Loss: A Mission to Protect Children from Preventable Illness With Serese Marotta Deputy CEO of Vaccinate Your Family
About this episode
The episode features Serese Marotta discussing her personal loss and the importance of protecting children from preventable illnesses through vaccination.
In this deeply moving episode, I had the honor of sitting down with Serese Marotta, Deputy CEO of Vaccinate Your Family, to discuss the critical importance of protecting our children as we head into respiratory illness seasons. Serese bravely opened up about her own personal tragedy, losing her healthy, five-year-old son, Joseph to H1N1 influence. Hearing Serese’s story is a powerful reminder of why we do this work and why evidence-based education is so vital. We dove into real-world barriers families face, why even healthy children need protection against preventable illnesses, and how system-wide burnout in medicine can sometimes drive parents away from trusted doctors. We discuss: How physician burnout inadvertently fuels vaccine hesitancy The reality of flu severity in healthy children Vaccinate Your Family’s mission to improve vaccine access and education Dr. Mona’s personal experience with vaccine anxiety as a pediatrician and mom Common flu shot myths and safety misconceptions The role of social responsibility and herd immunity in protecting kids Connect with Serese Marotta on Instagram @vaccinateyourfamily and through vaccinateyourfamily.org Our podcasts…
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Mona Amin
Guest: Serese Marotta
Topics covered
- vaccine education
- preventable illnesses
- child health
- physician burnout
- flu severity
- herd immunity
Keywords
- H1N1
- vaccine hesitancy
- flu shot myths
- vaccine access
- pediatric advice
- respiratory illness
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Vaccinate Your Family
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