Balancing unreason: vaccine myths and metaphors

Balancing unreason: vaccine myths and metaphors

How else to explain the way in which Andrew Wakefield's now discredited theory about the link between measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination and autism was taken up with such enthusiasm by the chattering classes or the popularity of anti-vaccination sentiments in states like California, curren...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2015-02, Vol.385 (9970), p.763-763
1. Verfasser: Honigsbaum, Mark
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anxiety
Encephalitis
Immunization
Internal Medicine
Measles
Public health
Side effects
Swine flu
Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:How else to explain the way in which Andrew Wakefield's now discredited theory about the link between measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination and autism was taken up with such enthusiasm by the chattering classes or the popularity of anti-vaccination sentiments in states like California, currently the site of a growing measles outbreak?
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60423-8