Anti-vaxxers : how to challenge a misinformed movement / Jonathan M. Berman.
| Author/creator | Berman, Jonathan M. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] |
| Copyright Date | ©2020 |
| Description | 1 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 03, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Berman, Jonathan M. Anti-vaxxers. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] 9780262539326 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780262359559 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 0262359553 (electronic book) |
| Publisher number | EB00811253 Recorded Books |
| Stock number | 12242 MIT Press |
| Stock number | 9780262359566 MIT Press |
| Stock number | 62E45924-597A-4D5F-87FC-236E120DD242 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |