An anti-vaccine sentiment is alive and well in the US and abroad. This is not a new phenomena, but it has seen a resurgence in the past 20 odd years.
What are the arguments, who are the cast of characters and how can become more active in promoting vaccination to friends, family, and the public at large?
Associate Professor at the Kent State University College of Public Health and author of the recently published paper in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Vaccine Rejection and Hesitancy: a Review and Call to Action, Tara C. Smith, PhD joined me on the show to answer these questions.
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Tara says my kids didn’t have issues with vaccines, therefore no one else does!
Whoa, silver.
It is known that some people do suffer both disability and death from vaccines.
It is known that at this time, doctors don’t have the foreknowledge of who will be in that unfortunate group.
The refusal to admit that science needs to identify who is susceptible to injury, before requiring vaccines is an abdication of responsibility to the consumer, and society at large.