Vaccines are a documented success story, one of the most successful public health interventions in history. Yet there is a vocal anti-vaccination movement, featuring celebrity activists (including Kennedy scion Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and actress Jenny McCarthy) and the propagation of anti-vax claims through books, documentaries, and social media. In Anti-Vaxxers, Jonathan Berman explores the phenomenon of the anti-vaccination movement, recounting its history from its nineteenth-century antecedents to today's activism, examining its claims, and suggesting a strategy for countering them.
ISBN: | 9780262539326 |
Publisher: | The MIT Press |
Imprint: | The MIT Press |
Published date: | 07 Sep 2020 |
DEWEY: | 614.47 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | xviii, 277 |
Weight: | 332g |
Height: | 137mm |
Width: | 203mm |
Spine width: | 24mm |