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The rise in vaccine hesitancy has led to research on the psychology of those who actively oppose vaccines.The largest psychological factors leading to anti-vaccination attitudes are conspiratorial thinking, reactance, disgust regarding blood or needles, and individualistic or hierarchical worldviews. In contrast, demographic variables are not ...
Sixty-five percent of anti-vaccine posts came from one of the 12 "Disinformation Dozen." "Anti-vaccine activists on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter reach more than 59 million followers ...
A recent study in Science analyzed the impact of what its authors labeled "vaccine-skeptical" published content on vaccine refusal. The authors examined anti-vaccine posts on Facebook during the ...
The final section follows Wakefield's reemergence in the United States as an anti-vaccine campaigner and filmmaker. At its heart is the story of an anti-vaccine documentary by Wakefield titled 'Vaxxed,' premised on allegations in the film that a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had accused the agency of fraud in a ...
An anti-vaccination activist holds a sign at a Tea Party Express rally in Minnesota in 2010. Rally of the Anti-Vaccination League of Canada in 1919. Anti-vaccine activism, which collectively constitutes the "anti-vax" movement, [1] is a set of organized activities proclaiming opposition to vaccination, and these collaborating networks have often fought to increase vaccine hesitancy by ...
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The medical examiner later found no evidence of a link to the vaccine, but the article was promoted and twisted by anti-vaccine groups to raise doubt about vaccine safety. [91] Anti-vaccine activists Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Del Bigtree have suggested without evidence that the death of Baseball Hall of Fame member Hank Aaron was caused by ...
Asked in the Nov. 25 interview if he thinks childhood autism is linked to vaccines, Trump said: "No, I'm going to be listening to Bobby," referring to Kennedy. Trump to discuss ending childhood ...