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Stuck : How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away

Authors :
Heidi J. Larson
Heidi J. Larson
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Vaccine reluctance and refusal are no longer limited to the margins of society. Debates around vaccines'necessity -- along with questions around their side effects -- have gone mainstream, blending with geopolitical conflicts, political campaigns, celebrity causes, and'natural'lifestyles to win a growing number of hearts and minds. Today's anti-vaccine positions find audiences where they've never existed previously. Stuck examines how the issues surrounding vaccine hesitancy are, more than anything, about people feeling left out of the conversation. A new dialogue is long overdue, one that addresses the many types of vaccine hesitancy and the social factors that perpetuate them. To do this, Stuck provides a clear-eyed examination of the social vectors that transmit vaccine rumors, their manifestations around the globe, and how these individual threads are all connected.

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9780190077242, 9780197643389, 9780190077259, and 9780190077266
Database :
eBook Index
Journal :
Stuck : How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
2503810