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

Author/creator Berman, Jonathan M. author.
Format Electronic
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
Copyright Date©2020
Description1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental Content Direct link to eBook
Subjects

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?
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 03, 2020).
Issued in other formPrint version: Berman, Jonathan M. Anti-vaxxers. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] 9780262539326
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780262359559 (electronic book)
ISBN0262359553 (electronic book)
Publisher numberEB00811253 Recorded Books
Stock number12242 MIT Press
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