The above link is a documentary all about the pros and cons of vaccination and all of the problems that come about from a lack of vaccination in the population. For some reason, the number of vaccinated individuals is declining. Many people are concerned that vaccinations are dangerous, so they refuse to vaccinate their children.
Source:
"The Vaccine War Trailer." PBS, 24 Mar. 2017, www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/
vaccines/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2017.
Source:
"The Vaccine War Trailer." PBS, 24 Mar. 2017, www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/
vaccines/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2017.
"Unfortunately a lot of the media thinks {Wakefield is} saying 'Don't get vaccinated.' That's far from the truth. He's basically encouraging people to get vaccinated, but do your homework and know the risks, said Wayne Rohde, a co-founder of the Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota, which says parents should have other options for immunizing their children."
Vaccination is an ongoing fight. There are strong opinions on both sides and it is a somewhat pressing topic because lives are at risk from horrible diseases that could be prevented. Andrew Wakefield is a scientist known for his infamous study that claimed that the MMR vaccine (which inoculates against measles, mumps, and rubella) causes autism. His study has been a big contributor to the side against vaccinations and has fueled the fire by claiming that vaccines are dangerous.
Source:
Karnowski, Steve. "Autism Fears, Measles Spike among Minn. Somalis." MPRnews,
Minnesota Public Radio, 2 Apr. 2011, www.mprnews.org/story/2011/04/02/
somali-autism-vaccines. Accessed 28 Sept. 2017.
Source:
Karnowski, Steve. "Autism Fears, Measles Spike among Minn. Somalis." MPRnews,
Minnesota Public Radio, 2 Apr. 2011, www.mprnews.org/story/2011/04/02/
somali-autism-vaccines. Accessed 28 Sept. 2017.
'“I know they’re just going to tell me they’re safe, and they’re recommended, and this is what you’re supposed to do”'
Many people feel some sort of peer pressure in regards to vaccines . They either feel that vaccines are not safe therefore refuse to vaccinate or they feel that they are important but are pressured by friends who tell them that they are not safe. People are looking for more information and feel that doctors are untrustworthy, so they turn to the internet for answers where they find inaccurate information right alongside the accurate information and are even more confused than they were before they started their research.
Source: Wamsley, Vanessa. "The Psychology of Anti-Vaxers: How Story Trumps Science."
The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2014. The Atlantic, www.theatlantic.com/health/
archive/2014/10/how-anti-vaccine-fear-takes-hold/381355/. Accessed 28 Sept.
2017.
Source: Wamsley, Vanessa. "The Psychology of Anti-Vaxers: How Story Trumps Science."
The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2014. The Atlantic, www.theatlantic.com/health/
archive/2014/10/how-anti-vaccine-fear-takes-hold/381355/. Accessed 28 Sept.
2017.
This image shows the process of vaccination. The misconception that vaccinations cause mental illness originated with questionable research that has since been disproven. This picture hopes to further put to bed that misconception through education of how vaccinations actually work.
Source: Shows the process of vaccinations. June 2016. Research Starters,
eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/
detail?vid=2&sid=5428b9ae-b3b8-418b-a817-ee38e4c7f0cf%40sessionmgr104&bdata=JnNpd
GU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=87690553&db=ers. Accessed 28 Sept. 2017.
Source: Shows the process of vaccinations. June 2016. Research Starters,
eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/
detail?vid=2&sid=5428b9ae-b3b8-418b-a817-ee38e4c7f0cf%40sessionmgr104&bdata=JnNpd
GU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=87690553&db=ers. Accessed 28 Sept. 2017.
This graph from an article by the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows the very scary negative effects of people not vaccinating their children. It tries to quantitatively back up the necessity of vaccination. This graph tries to end the conversation about vaccinations causing mental illness by using numbers.
Source: Hall, Victoria, et al. "Measles Outbreak - Minnesota April-May 2017." MMWR:
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 66, no. 27, 14 July 2017, pp.
713-717. EBSCOhost, doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6627a1.
Source: Hall, Victoria, et al. "Measles Outbreak - Minnesota April-May 2017." MMWR:
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 66, no. 27, 14 July 2017, pp.
713-717. EBSCOhost, doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6627a1.