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Author:

Berman, Jonathan M., author.

Title:

Anti-vaxxers : how to challenge a misinformed movement / Jonathan M. Berman.

Publisher:

The MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xviii, 277 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm

Subject:

Anti-vaccination movement.
Vaccines.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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?

Summary:

"A presentation of the scientific argument in favor of vaccination, which probes the consequences, origins and impact of the the anti-vaccination movement"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0262539322
9780262539326

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1131872189

LCCN:

2019057058

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)