Vaccine hesitancy on stage

After Wakefield's grotesque misconduct came to light, and the paper was withdrawn, Mary had to re-evaluate her belief that her older son's condition had something to do with vaccination. Drummond could easily have made space to engage with some of the knottier issues associated with his su...

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Published inThe Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 12; p. 1304
Main Author Burki, Talha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2024
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Autism
Conspiracy
Immunization
Public health
Smallpox
Trust
Vaccine hesitancy
Vaccines
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Summary:After Wakefield's grotesque misconduct came to light, and the paper was withdrawn, Mary had to re-evaluate her belief that her older son's condition had something to do with vaccination. Drummond could easily have made space to engage with some of the knottier issues associated with his subject matter, and to make a more concerted effort to explore the psychology of conspiracy theory and vaccine hesitancy. Vish Viswanath, Professor of Health Communication at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, has pointed out that attitudes to vaccination in Europe and North America fall into three categories. The largest group by far is those who have been persuaded of the merits of the practice and will consent to vaccination for themselves and their children.
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ISSN:1473-3099
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DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00725-4