Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away

Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away

by Heidi J. Larson
Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away

Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away

by Heidi J. Larson

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Overview

Vaccine reluctance and refusal are no longer limited to the margins of society. Debates around vaccines' necessity -- along with questions around their side effects -- have gone mainstream, blending with geopolitical conflicts, political campaigns, celebrity causes, and "natural" lifestyles to win a growing number of hearts and minds. Today's anti-vaccine positions find audiences where they've never existed previously. Stuck examines how the issues surrounding vaccine hesitancy are, more than anything, about people feeling left out of the conversation. A new dialogue is long overdue, one that addresses the many types of vaccine hesitancy and the social factors that perpetuate them. To do this, Stuck provides a clear-eyed examination of the social vectors that transmit vaccine rumors, their manifestations around the globe, and how these individual threads are all connected.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780190077266
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 07/01/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 467,624
File size: 445 KB

About the Author

HEIDI J. LARSON, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology, Risk, and Decision Science and Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; she holds a concurrent position as Clinical Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington. She was previously an Associate Professor in International Development at Clark University and a Research Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health's Center for Population and Development Studies.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: An Overview Chapter Two: The psychology of crowds Chapter Three: On freedom of choice and voice Chapter Four: On risks, rumors, and the contagion of panic Chapter Five: Back to Nature Conclusion: Missing the Point
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