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Stuck : how vaccine rumors start and why they don't go away / Heidi J. Larson.

by Larson, Heidi.

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Oxford University Press, 2020.

Vaccination -- Public opinion.

Immunization -- Public opinion.

Anti-vaccination movement.

Vaccine hesitancy.

Communication in public health.

Medical policy -- Citizen participation.

Public health -- Citizen participation.

9780190077242 (hc.)

Alternate title:

How vaccine rumors start and why they don't go away

xli, 157 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

"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 : how vaccine rumors start and why they don't go away' 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, [the book] 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."--Dust flap.

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