The vaccine war [videorecording] / produced by Jon Palfreman ; co-produced by Kate McMahon ; written and directed by Jon Palfreman ; a Frontline co-production with the Palfreman Film Group.
Narrated by Will Lyman. Originally produced for public television series Frontline; broadcast on Apr. 27, 2010; copyright held by WGBH Educational Foundation.
Contents:
1. A visit to Ashland, Oregon -- 2. The eroding faith in vaccines -- 3. Fearing vaccine risks, especially autism -- 4. The science that launched the movement -- 5. What epidemiological studies reveal -- 6. Vaccines: what's at stake.
Summary:
" ... lays bare the science of vaccine safety and examines the increasingly bitter debate between the public health establishment and a formidable populist coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians and activists who are armed with the latest social media tools ... and are determined to resist pressure from the medical and public health establishments to vaccinate, despite established scientific consensus about vaccine safety."--Frontline website.
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