--- title: Mark Zuckerberg Vaccinating Daughter Max description: She has no idea what's coming canonical: https://time.com/4173973/mark-zuckerberg-vaccination-max/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-08T23:55:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:35.636Z og:title: Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Know He's Vaccinating His Kid og:description: Posted an adorable shot of Max Zuckerberg at the doctor's office og:url: https://time.com/4173973/mark-zuckerberg-vaccination-max/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Know He's Vaccinating His Kid twitter:description: Posted an adorable shot of Max Zuckerberg at the doctor's office twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Know He's Vaccinating His Daughter  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jan 8, 2016 11:55 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jan 8, 2016 11:55 PM UTC Baby Max Zuckerberg is about to get a shot, but she has no idea what’s coming for her. New dad Mark Zuckerberg posted a picture of the adorable tot on Facebook Friday, with the caption, “Doctor’s visit– time for vaccines!” **Read more:** [Why ‘Tolerating’ Anti-Vaxxers Is a Losing Strategy](http://time.com/4144359/vaccines-tolerance-anti-vaxxers-melbourne-australia/) While not explicitly advocating vaccinations, the post is likely intended to nudge other parents to vaccinate their kids, especially since Northern California is such a hotbed of [anti-vaxxer sentiment](http://www.cfr.org/interactives/GH%5FVaccine%5FMap/index.html#map) that the area has experienced higher rates of measles, whooping cough and other [preventable diseases.](http://www.cfr.org/interactives/GH%5FVaccine%5FMap/index.html#map) The comments beneath the post were largely positive, with parents and doctors applauding Zuckerberg for vaccinating Max and making his choice public. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4173973/mark-zuckerberg-vaccination-max/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4173973/mark-zuckerberg-vaccination-max/"},"headline":"Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Know He's Vaccinating His Daughter","datePublished":"2016-01-08T23:55:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:35.636Z","description":"She has no idea what's coming","url":"https://time.com/4173973/mark-zuckerberg-vaccination-max/","keywords":["Living","Autism","Mark Zuckerberg","Vaccines","Daughter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4173973/mark-zuckerberg-vaccination-max/","name":"Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Know He's Vaccinating His Daughter"}}]}] ```