Nicole Karlis, Salon; Anti-vaxxers blamed for North Carolina chickenpox outbreak
"The anti-vaccination movement is complex. According to Richard A. Stein, a researcher who published a paper
on it titled “The golden age of anti-vaccine conspiracies” in the
journal Germs, combating the pseudoscience within the movement requires
“interventions at the individual, provider, health care system, and
national levels.” Interestingly, Stein links the movement to the rise in
social media, stating social media platforms have become a “hotbed of
activity for anti-vaccine activists.”
“While today’s anti-vaccination movement shares certain similarities
with the one in the 19th century, the two are also distinct in a number
of ways,” the paper states. “One of these distinctions is that social
networks, in addition to powerfully shaping the doctor-patient
interaction, have profoundly changed the way in which information is
disseminated.”"
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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