A Broken Trust: Lessons from the Vaccine–Autism Wars

Gross, Liza

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000114

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“…Public figures from entertainment Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey to presidential candidate Donald Trump have continued to place seeds of doubt supporting Dr. Wakefield's evidence-resistant theory. 11 …”

Section: Historical Components Of Vaccines and Their Hesitancymentioning

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Vaccine hesitancy: More than a movement

Callender

2016

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Vaccines are some of if not the most successful public health endeavors ever put into practice. Countless lives have been saved and the occurrences of vaccine preventable diseases are at a fraction of the rate experienced before vaccines. Vaccines and the realization of their compulsory scheduling are highly studied, safe, and purposeful. Despite these realities, there are an alarming number of parents who do not permit the vaccination of their children as scheduled. This is known in the health community as vaccine hesitancy and commonly portrayed in popular media as anti-vaccination sediment. This analysis opens with the topic as it was addressed during a September 2015 debate for the Republic Party's 2016 presidential nomination. Some key historical aspects of vaccine hesitancy are presented. This history leads to a description of the 2014-2015 measles outbreak in California. The factors that aide in the recruitment of under vaccination are then explored. Finally, select strategies to control, combat, and potentially attenuate vaccine hesitancy are presented.

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Vaccine hesitancy: More than a movement

Callender

2016

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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“…For example, concern over vaccines' links with autism caused the suspension of Hepatitis B vaccine in France in 1998 9 and dropped the coverage for MMR vaccine notably in France, the United Kingdom 10 and in the United States, 11 even though scientific evidence to support this link was never found. 12 In some cases, vaccines have been suspended due to concerns about contamination or illness only to be reinstated once the investigation was complete. 13 The press has at times reported deaths associated with time of vaccination, but not the results of investigations into the cause of death, which frequently have been shown to be the result of another condition.…”

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Public trust and vaccine acceptance-international perspectives

Ozawa

Stack

2013

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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“…The medical anthropologist Sharon Kaufman wrote that “Information technology has transformed the way trust and knowledge are produced”. 67 Most people now find medical information on the internet, and the websites of LLMDs and activists are often viewed as legitimate and reliable sources of information, which they may not be. 68,69 Such misplaced trust has also contributed to a similar situation in Europe, with increasing pressure being brought on authorities there to sanction the use of prolonged antibiotic treatment for patients without credible evidence of Lyme disease by groups such as the German Borreliosis Society and Dutch Lyme Association.…”

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Antiscience and ethical concerns associated with advocacy of Lyme disease

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Bakken²,

Dattwyler³

et al. 2011

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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Advocacy for Lyme disease has become an increasingly important part of an antiscience movement that denies both the viral cause of AIDS and the benefits of vaccines and that supports unproven (sometimes dangerous) alternative medical treatments. Some activists portray Lyme disease, a geographically limited tick-borne infection, as a disease that is insidious, ubiquitous, difficult to diagnose, and almost incurable; they also propose that the disease causes mainly non-specific symptoms that can be treated only with long-term antibiotics and other unorthodox and unvalidated treatments. Similar to other antiscience groups, these advocates have created a pseudoscientific and alternative selection of practitioners, research, and publications and have coordinated public protests, accused opponents of both corruption and conspiracy, and spurred legislative efforts to subvert evidence-based medicine and peer-reviewed science. The relations and actions of some activists, medical practitioners, and commercial bodies involved in Lyme disease advocacy pose a threat to public health.

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A Broken Trust: Lessons from the Vaccine–Autism Wars

Abstract: Researchers long ago rejected the theory that vaccines cause autism, yet many parents don't believe them. Can scientists bridge the gap between evidence and doubt?

Cited by 103 publications

References 12 publications

Vaccine hesitancy: More than a movement

Vaccine hesitancy: More than a movement

Public trust and vaccine acceptance-international perspectives

Antiscience and ethical concerns associated with advocacy of Lyme disease

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