03596nam a2200409 i 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036010001500077015001900092016001800111020002900129020002600158035007900184040011300263041001200376042000800388043001200396050002100408100003400429245008500463246004500548264005500593264001300648300006700661500000600728504005100734505064500785520158801430650003103018650001403049650003103063650002503094650002603119650002303145651001803168on1131872189OCoLC20260515120145.0191210t20202020maua   e b    001 0 eng    a2019057058  aGBC0506542bnb7 a0197651762Uk  a9780262539326qpaperback  a0262539322qpaperback  a(OCoLC)1131872189z(OCoLC)1191907333z(OCoLC)1199060145z(OCoLC)1202534931  aDNLM/DLCbengerdacDLCdOCLCOdYDXdBDXdOCLCAdUKMGBdOCLCOdOCLCFdJASdIZ8dYDXdVP@dSLUdMNWdAJBdUOH  aEnglish  apcc  an-us---04aRA638b.B47 2020  aBerman, Jonathan M.,eauthor.10aAnti-vaxxers b: how to challenge a misinformed movement c/ Jonathan M. Berman.30aHow to challenge a misinformed movement. 1aCambridge, Massachusetts :bThe MIT Press,c[2020] 4c℗2020.  a xviii, 277 pages :billustrations (black and white) ;c21 cm.  a   aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIs 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?  aVaccines 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. 0aAnti-vaccination movement. 0aVaccines.10aAnti-Vaccination Movement.20aVaccination Refusal.20aSociological Factors.20aTreatment Outcome. 0aUnited States