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Anti-vaxxers : how to challenge a misinformed movement / Jonathan M. Berman.

MIT Press Direct 2020 Collection Available online

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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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