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The history of anti-vaccination theories can help us understand how such claims capture a popular following. The same misinformation used against 19th century smallpox vaccine is still in use today.
Australians who refuse vaccines spend a lot of time trying to understand vaccine choices and think they’re making evidence-based decisions.
Governments need to engage not just with anti-vaxxers, but with concerns about the safety and environmental impact of vaccines
Extremists are playing on people’s health fears to normalise their views.
Those opposing vaccinations often mistrust government, science and the news media. There may be better ways to persuade them than by offering facts only.
Most people will know someone who has succumbed to conspiracy theories about coronavirus – here’s how to talk to them.
Research on conspiracy theories can help people become receptive to health advice.
Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call ‘motivated reasoning.’
The smallpox vaccination used calf lymph, which was unacceptable to vegetarians and anti-vivisectionists who were growing in number from the mid 19th century.
Don’t jump to conclusions about 5G conspiracy theories or those that believe in them.
Do recent lockdown protests indicate that Australia is on the path to Trump’s America? While we can currently rest easy, the problem requires careful consideration.
As most of the world early awaits a vaccine for COVID-19, a smaller group of people scoffs. They could spell real trouble in the effort to build widespread immunity.
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Vocal vaccine critics may not find the audience they’re looking for while the pandemic rages.
President Donald Trump and his supporters exhibit the methods of science deniers. Like anti-evolutionists and flat-earthers, they reject what they don’t want to believe and accept what they favor.
California has limited medical exemptions for vaccinating children. A new law places final authority with the state public health department, but does that shift the balance of power?
Anti-vaccine info online might have foreign roots and political aims.
From fear of needles to religious beliefs, there are all sorts of reasons why people choose not to vaccinate.
Minority opinions posted online can skew social consensus.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Oklahoma State University
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Associate Professor, Labour studies, Brock University
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Managment, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, health communication, Washington State University
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Professor and Director, Edward R. Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research, Washington State University
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Associate Professor, University of Oxford
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, University of Nottingham
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Professor, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Disability Studies, Georgetown University
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Doctoral Student, Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Politics, Deakin University
