Public Misunderstanding of Science? Reframing the Problem of Vaccine Hesitancy

• Published in: Perspectives on science Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 552 - 581
• Main Author: Goldenberg, Maya J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA MIT Press 01.09.2016; The MIT Press

Public resistance towards scientific claims regarding vaccine safety is widely thought to stem from public misunderstanding (or ignorance) of science. Repeated failures to alleviate this ignorance make the problem of vaccine hesitancy seem intractable. I challenge this presumption of knowledge defic...