TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berman,Jonathan M.
TI  - Anti-vaxxers: how to challenge a misinformed movement 
SN  - 9780262539326
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Anti-vaccination movement
KW  - Vaccines
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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?
N2  - Vaccines are a documented success story, one of the most successful public health interventions in history. Yet there is a vocal anti-vaccination movement and the propagation of anti-vax claims through books, documentaries, and social media. In Anti-vaxxers, Jonathan Berman explores the phenomenon of the anti-vaccination movement, recounting its history from its nineteenth-century antecedents to today's activism, examining its claims, and suggesting a strategy for countering them. --; "A presentation of the scientific argument in favor of vaccination, which probes the consequences, origins and impact of the anti-vaccination movement"--
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