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Anti-vaxxers : how to challenge a misinformed movement / Jonathan M. Berman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berman, Jonathan M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anti-vaccination movement.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "A presentation of the scientific argument in favor of vaccination, which probes the consequences, origins and impact of the the anti-vaccination movement"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-35956-1
- 0-262-35955-3
- OCLC:
- 1190716625
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