Anti-vaxxers : how to challenge a misinformed movement
Berman, Jonathan M.,
Anti-vaxxers : how to challenge a misinformed movement How to challenge a misinformed movement. / Jonathan M. Berman. - xviii, 277 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Is there even a problem? — Understanding vaccines — The world before vaccines — The first vaccine — The first anti-vaccine movements — Vaccine pioneers — 20th century anti-vaccine movements Autism — The anti-vaccine movement 1998-present — Vaxxed — Too many too soon — Deadly immunity — Ineffective "alternatives" to vaccination — Social media, "fake news," and the spread of information — Escalation of commitment — Religion and vaccine hesitancy — Big pharma — Anti-vaccine activism in 2018 and 2019 — Vaccine advocates — Who are they? — The anti-vaccine parent — What changes minds about vaccines?
Vaccines are a documented success story, one of the most successful public health interventions in history. Yet there is a vocal anti-vaccination movement, featuring celebrity activists (including Kennedy scion Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and actress Jenny McCarthy) and the propagation of anti-vax claims through books, documentaries, and social media. In Anti-Vaxxers, Jonathan Berman explores the phenomenon of the anti-vaccination movement, recounting its history from its nineteenth-century antecedents to today’s activism, examining its claims, and suggesting a strategy for countering them.
After providing background information on vaccines and how they work, Berman describes resistance to Britain’s Vaccination Act of 1853, showing that the arguments anticipate those made by today’s anti-vaxxers. He discusses the development of new vaccines in the twentieth century, including those protecting against polio and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), and the debunked paper that linked the MMR vaccine to autism; the CDC conspiracy theory promoted in the documentary Vaxxed; recommendations for an alternative vaccination schedule; Kennedy’s misinformed campaign against thimerosal; and the much-abused religious exemption to vaccination.
Anti-vaxxers have changed their minds, but rarely because someone has given them a list of facts. Berman argues that anti-vaccination activism is tied closely to how people see themselves as parents and community members. Effective pro-vaccination efforts should emphasize these cultural aspects rather than battling social media posts.
9780262539326 0262539322
2019057058
GBC050654 bnb
019765176 Uk
Anti-vaccination movement.
Vaccines.
Anti-Vaccination Movement.
Vaccination Refusal.
Sociological Factors.
Treatment Outcome.
United States
RA638 / .B47 2020
Anti-vaxxers : how to challenge a misinformed movement How to challenge a misinformed movement. / Jonathan M. Berman. - xviii, 277 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Is there even a problem? — Understanding vaccines — The world before vaccines — The first vaccine — The first anti-vaccine movements — Vaccine pioneers — 20th century anti-vaccine movements Autism — The anti-vaccine movement 1998-present — Vaxxed — Too many too soon — Deadly immunity — Ineffective "alternatives" to vaccination — Social media, "fake news," and the spread of information — Escalation of commitment — Religion and vaccine hesitancy — Big pharma — Anti-vaccine activism in 2018 and 2019 — Vaccine advocates — Who are they? — The anti-vaccine parent — What changes minds about vaccines?
Vaccines are a documented success story, one of the most successful public health interventions in history. Yet there is a vocal anti-vaccination movement, featuring celebrity activists (including Kennedy scion Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and actress Jenny McCarthy) and the propagation of anti-vax claims through books, documentaries, and social media. In Anti-Vaxxers, Jonathan Berman explores the phenomenon of the anti-vaccination movement, recounting its history from its nineteenth-century antecedents to today’s activism, examining its claims, and suggesting a strategy for countering them.
After providing background information on vaccines and how they work, Berman describes resistance to Britain’s Vaccination Act of 1853, showing that the arguments anticipate those made by today’s anti-vaxxers. He discusses the development of new vaccines in the twentieth century, including those protecting against polio and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), and the debunked paper that linked the MMR vaccine to autism; the CDC conspiracy theory promoted in the documentary Vaxxed; recommendations for an alternative vaccination schedule; Kennedy’s misinformed campaign against thimerosal; and the much-abused religious exemption to vaccination.
Anti-vaxxers have changed their minds, but rarely because someone has given them a list of facts. Berman argues that anti-vaccination activism is tied closely to how people see themselves as parents and community members. Effective pro-vaccination efforts should emphasize these cultural aspects rather than battling social media posts.
9780262539326 0262539322
2019057058
GBC050654 bnb
019765176 Uk
Anti-vaccination movement.
Vaccines.
Anti-Vaccination Movement.
Vaccination Refusal.
Sociological Factors.
Treatment Outcome.
United States
RA638 / .B47 2020
