I am not here to convince the anti-vax champions regarding the merits of vaccination. |
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The anti-vax movement was recently reinvigorated by a small British study in 1998 that linked the MMR vaccine with autism. |
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My co-author and I would love to help parents understand why anti-vax claims are wrong. |
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After the anti-vax lobbying effort, he said that he could hardly remember his illness. |
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In a survey of anti-vax parents the US journal Pediatrics found that they typically make their decision based upon a mound of books and source material. |
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Growing numbers of malcontents, the anti-vax campaigners, allied increasingly with the Tea Party movement in the US, detest their government's directives on vaccination. |
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One doctor isn't afraid to point a finger right at the anti-vax movement. |
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You call people anti-vax as if it's a dirty word, but I would bet an anti-vaxxer would know more about vaccines than you do. |
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This month, as a measles outbreak emerges in California, bile pours forth upon the anti-vax movement. |
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Talking-head interviews of statisticians and the few scientists willing to take the anti-vax position hardly make for stimulating cinema. |
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Each outbreak is different, there are nuances to each one, and not all can be attributed simplistically to a groundswell of anti-vax sentiment. |
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This historical legacy is compounded by anti-vax sentiment that has become more visible in recent years, albeit not necessarily more widespread. |
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Anti-vax sentiments have, in fact, been around since Edward Jenner first demonstrated the effectiveness of the smallpox vaccine in the late 18th century. |
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