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Around the Web: Resources on vaccination, anti-vaccination and why people don’t trust science [Confessions of a Science Librarian]
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 23:41
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Welcome to my latest “liberation bibliography” project. This time around I’m gathering resources concerning the recent rather worrying trend towards people not vaccinating their children. In particular the last couple of months have seen multiple cases where vaccination has been in the news, from statements by politicians, outbreaks among hockey players and at amusement parks and many others. There’s been an awful lot written about vaccines and their safety recently and my aim here is to gather some of the best information, both in terms of outlining the main events as well as some commentary seeking to give context and understanding to the issues.
I am plainly on the side of vaccination. Without hesitation. Both my children have been vaccinated. I got the flu shot for 2014-2015.
Of course, I’m not an epidemiologist, I’m not an expert on public health or vaccines. These are resources that look good to me, and while I don’t necessarily agree with every word of every post I do believe that they present mostly valid information.
If you are an expert or are particularly knowledgeable in public health or vaccines and think that some of the items I’ve listed here are inappropriate for one reason or another, please let me know in the comments or jdupuis at yorku dot ca. I may remove the links or completely delete the entry, depending on the situation.
As usual, if there’s anything particularly useful or inspirational, also please let me know in the comments or at jdupuis at yorku dot ca.
I think I have all the major recent strains of the ongoing vaccinations story, but if I’ve missed one please let me know and perhaps suggest a few links. I have thrown this one together a little more hastily than usual, so it might need a bit more audience participation.
I’m including both some general resources as well as sketching out an larger narrative. As I mentioned above, the main narrative has two kinds of posts, those that directly sketch out the details of the various vaccination-related stories of the last several months and those that seek to put the issues around the science of vaccines into a broader context. In other words, some posts that seek to understand and explore why people don’t trust science.
My hope is that these resources will help promote honest, productive discussion about vaccines and their importance for public health. Please use them to educate yourself and as preparation for discussions with others.
Enjoy!
General Resources
- Vaccine Safety / Public Health Agency of Canada
- Canadian Immunization Guide / Public Health Agency of Canada
- Immunization and Vaccines / Public Health Agency of Canada
- Vaccination for children / Government of Canada
- Canadian Center For Vaccinology
- Immunize Canada
- Caring for Kids Vaccine Safety / Canadian Paediatric Society
- Global Vaccine Safety / World Health Organization
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Safety
- Children’s Vaccines / Web MD
- Childhood Immunization / Medline Plus
- Protecting the Vaccine Science Communication Environment / Cultural Cognition Project at Yale University
- Find your Toronto school’s vaccine exemption rate by The Toronto Star
- What You Should Know for the 2014-2015 Influenza Season / CDC page
- Vaccination Rates for Every Kindergarten in California by Matthew Bloch, Josh Keller, Haeyoun Park
Main Narrative: Vaccines and trust in science in late 2014 and early 2015
- 2008.07.15. Who Fears the HPV Vaccine, Who Doesn’t, and Why? An Experimental Study of the Mechanisms of Cultural Cognition by Dan Kahan et al.
- 2011.11.08. Mandatory vaccinations: The Canadian picture by Erin Walkinshaw
- 2011.11.08. Mandatory vaccinations: The international landscape by Erin Walkinshaw
- 2012.04.10. Antivax 101: Tactics and Tropes of the Antivaccine Movement by Scott Gavura
- 2012.05.02. Measles In Alberta: Naturopaths, Chiropractors Promoting Anti-Vaccine Messages (VIDEO) by Jesse Ferreras
- 2013.01.21. A case study: the HPV vaccine disaster (Science of Science Communication Course, Session 1) by Dan Kahan
- 2013.05.03. The anti-vaccination fraud: Health officials forced to get tough as once-dormant diseases returning by Tristin Hopper
- 2013.08.xx. Story and science: How providers and parents can utilize storytelling to combat anti-vaccine misinformation by Ashley Shelby, Karen Ernst
- 2013.10.21. Vaccine deniers: inside the dumb, dangerous new fad: Why a San Francisco community is disregarding mainstream medicine and putting its children at risk by Lessley Anderson
- 2014.01.24. One Map Sums Up The Damage Caused By The Anti-Vaccination Movement by Lisa Winter
- 2014.01.27. Global breakouts of vaccine-preventable diseases by lady rainicorn
- 2014.03.25. Dear parents, you are being lied to. by Jennifer Raff
- 2014.03.28. Mayim Bialik is a problematic ambassador for science by Tara C. Smith
- 2014.04.14. Anti-vaccine message from some naturopaths raises concerns by CBC News
- 2014.04.24. Naturopathy vs. Science: Vaccination Edition by Scott Gavura
- 2014.05.19. Huge Meta-Study Of Vaccines Reveals No Link To Autism by Stephen Luntz
- 2014.05.xx. Vaccines are not associated with autism: An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies by Luke E. Taylor, Amy L. Swerdfeger, Guy D. Eslick (Full text here)
- 2014.06.24. A Shocking Truth Anti-Vaccine Nuts Don’t Want You To Know by Manny Schewitz
- 2014.10.10. 32 Myths About The Flu Vaccine You Don’t Need To Fear by Tara Haelle
- 2014.10.27. The annual flu shot: Why we should all get it by Jason Tetro
- 2014.10.31. Find your Toronto school’s vaccine exemption rate by The Toronto Star
- 2014.11.04. Why Get A Flu Shot? by Mark Crislip
- 2014.11.xx. Best Shot: Protecting ourselves from the anti-vaccine movement by Jasmine Budak
- 2014.12.xx. Understanding Vaccines: A Public Imperative by Ross S. Federman
- 2014.12.04. Your Flu Shot Might Not Work — But You Should Get One Anyway by Dan Diamond
- 2014.12.05. No, the CDC did not just apologize and admit that this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t work by Orac
- 2014.12.xx.
- 2014.12.09. School-Located Influenza Vaccination Reduces Community Risk for Influenza and Influenza-Like Illness Emergency Care Visits by Cuc H. Tran et al.
- 2014.12.10. Why the NHL is the ultimate breeding ground for mumps by Genna Buck
- 2014.12.12. Understanding Vaccines: A Public Imperative by Ross S. Federman
- 2014.12.16. A childhood disease with adult consequences by Andre Picard
- 2014.12.18. NHL mumps outbreak: 7 big questions answered by Eric Obourn
- 2014.12.19. The flu vaccine is imperfect, but please get it anyways by David L. Katz
- 2014.12.19. Why Doctors Aren’t Shocked That Mumps Have Hit the NHL by Lawrence Soloman
- 2014.12.23. 15 complaints about pro-science skeptics from an antivaccine activist by Orac
- 2014.12.27. Isabel Wallace: The NHL mumps outbreak shows importance of herd immunity by Isabel Wallace
- 2014.12.29. 15 antivaccine tropes for Christmas by Orac
- 2014.12.31. Get Your Flu Shot Anyway, Despite Genetic “Drift” by David Kroll
- 2015.01.03. Early exposure to the combined measles–mumps–rubella vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines and risk of autism spectrum disorder by Yota Uno et al.
- 2015.01.07. My health nut parents didn’t vaccinate me … unfortunately by Amy Parker
- 2015.01.08. Happy New Year! Vaccines do not cause autism in 2015, either by Orac
- 2015.01.14. 8 Logical Fallacies That Fuel Anti-Science Sentiments by George Dvorsky
- 2015.01.15. Why quarantine for measles is critical…and quarantine for Ebola was not by Tara C. Smith
- 2015.01.16. No, the CDC did not just apologize and admit that this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t work, part 2 by Orac
- 2015.01.19. Bill Maher: Still an antivaccine wingnut after all these years by Orac
- 2015.01.22. The past and present rebuke antivaccinationists who claim measles is “benign” by Orac
- 2015.01.23. Outbreak of 51 measles cases linked to Disneyland by Ralph Ellis, Josh Levs, and Sonya Hamasak
- 2015.01.23. What kind of parent wants to protect their kid from vaccines but not Disney? by Sarah Miller
- 2015.01.23. Disney-linked measles outbreak casts light on anti-vaccine movement by The Associated Press
- 2015.01.23. Measles Is Horrible: The anti-vaccine movement is wrong to dismiss the disease’s dangers (as it is wrong about so many things) by Tara C. Smith
- 2015.01.26. Why Did Vaccinated People Get Measles at Disneyland? Blame the Unvaccinated by Katie M. Palmer
- 2015.01.27. Why Measles Isn’t Just An Anti-Vaxxer Problem by Beth Skwarecki
- 2015.01.28. Inside the international effort to fund government programs that actually work by Julia Belluz and Steven Hoffman
- 2015.01.29. False balance about vaccines rises from the grave…again by Orac
- 2015.01.30. Antivaccine cardiologist Jack Wolfson and the resurrection of false balance about vaccines by Orac
- 2015.01.30. Father asks California school district to ban children who haven’t been immunized by Ashley Fantz
- 2015.01.30. Why you should care about the measles outbreak–even if you’re vaccinated by Laura Lorenzetti
- 2015.01.31. Measles outbreak raises fury over California’s vaccine exemptions by Lisa M. Krieger
- 2015.02.02. Christie is wrong. Vaccination is not a personal decision. It’s a social obligation. by Sarah Kliff
- 2015.02.02. The research linking autism to vaccines is even more bogus than you think by Julia Belluz
- 2015.02.02. Chris Christie and Rand Paul’s pandering to antivaccinationists: Is the Republican Party becoming the antivaccine party by Orac
- 2015.02.02. Toronto Public Health investigating measles outbreak by James Armstrong
- 2015.02.02. Antivaccine cardiologist Jack Wolfson and the resurrection of false balance about vaccines…again! by Orac
- 2015.02.02. Ben Carson: No One Has Right to Refuse Mandatory Vaccinations by Cathy Burke
- 2015.02.02. Herd Immunity And Measles: Why We Should Aim For 100% Vaccination Coverage by Marcel Salathé
- 2015.02.03. Vaccination is for the greater good by Andre Picard
- 2015.02.03. Don’t want to vaccinate your kids? Fine. Find another school by Robyn Urback
- 2015.02.03. Rand Paul once compared mandatory vaccination to ‘martial law’ by Jose A. DelReal
- 2015.02.03. Medical experts rebuke Republican politicians hyping vaccination concerns: Call comments by Chris Christie and Rand Paul ‘disappointing’ and say the safety of vaccines is ‘closer to whether the sun’s going to rise tomorrow’ by Tom McCarthy, Amanda Holpuch
- 2015.02.03. Mr. Paul’s and Mr. Christie’s irresponsible comments about measles vaccinations by Washington Post Editorial Board
- 2015.02.03. Chris Christie and Rand Paul fuel vaccine ignorance by The Denver Post Editorial Board
- 2015.02.03. Measles In Canada: Facts About How Outbreak Is Spread by Helen Branswell
- 2015.02.04. Anti-vaccination instruction at Queen’s needs review, students urge by CBC News
- 2015.02.04. Is The Disneyland Measles Outbreak A Turning Point In The Vaccine Wars? by Matthew Herper
- 2015.02.04. It’s easy for anti-vaxxers to opt out, but after Disney measles outbreak, California vaccination rules could get tougher by Jenna Chandler
- 2015.02.04. Ghost Of Jonas Salk: “Are You F*cking Kidding Me?”
- 2015.02.04. Want to stop an anti-vaccine parent in her tracks? Here’s how. by Amy Tuteur
- 2015.02.05. It’s not just climate change: Some GOP leaders disregard science on vaccines too by Ben Adler
- 2015.02.05. Toronto Star claims HPV vaccine unsafe. Science says the Toronto Star is wrong. by Jen Gunter
- 2015.02.05. A Doctor’s Take: Why Measles Vaccination Must Be Mandatory by Robert Pearl
- 2015.02.05. Mandatory vaccinations may be required, says André Picard by CBC News The Current
- 2015.02.05. How Schools Are Dealing With Anti-Vaccine Parents by Jacoba Urist
- 2015.02.06. Will the Disneyland measles outbreak lead to the end of non-medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates? (It should) by Orac
- 2015.02.06. The Anti-Vaccine Generation: How Movement Against Shots Got Its Start by Laura Parker
- 2015.02.06. Vaccination Rates for Every Kindergarten in California by Matthew Bloch, Josh Keller, Haeyoun Park
- 2015.02.06. Are compulsory vaccinations in the interest of the greater good? by Katrina Clarke
- 2015.02.06. How Anti-Vaccination Trends Vex Herd Immunity by Jo Craven McGinty
- 2015.02.07. Shunning vaccines and the census – a slap in the face of citizenship by Doug Saunders
- 2015.02.07. The Dangers of Vaccine Denial by Nicholas Kristof
- 2015.02.07. A Response to Heather Mallick’s Column by Jon Greiss
- 2015.02.07. Health experts ask for mandatory education on vaccination by Eva Ferguson
- 2015.02.09. Anti-vaccination queen Mayim Bialik: model Jewish mother or dangerous activist? by The Forward and Bethany Mandel
- 2015.02.09. After five years, Bill Maher lets his antivaccine freak flag fly again by Orac
- 2015.02.09. Vaccinations: Pro and Anti-Vaxxer parents make their cases by CBC News The Current
- 2015.02.09.
- 2015.02.09.
Queen’s instructor assailed for anti-vaccine teaching granted leave by Helen Branswell - 2015.02.09. Orléans ‘vaccine-free’ daycare worries Ottawa Public Health by Matthew Pearson
- 2015.02.09. Explaining Gardasil girls and HPV vaccine safety to the Toronto Star and Heather Mallick by Jen Gunter
- 2015.02.10. Failure in real science is good – and different from phony controversies by Chad Orzel
- 2015.02.10. The Toronto Star’s HPV Reporting is a Disaster: The Star’s medical expert worked for Gardasil’s competitor by Jen Gunter
- 2015.02.10. Is the Toronto Star the New Voice for Anti-Vaccinationists? by Dan Flanders
- 2015.02.10. The false vaccine debate shows we’re in a golden age of believing whatever we want by Eric Weiner
- 2015.02.10. Rona Ambrose says anti-vaccine movement puts children at risk by CBC News
- 2015.02.10. Unfounded vaccine myths harm measles herd immunity by Andy Coghlan
- 2015.02.11. Joint Statement by Ontario’s Health Minister and Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health on Measles in Ontario
- 2015.02.11. As Serious as Cancer: The Star’s HPV Fail According to “Bathwater Gargler” Julia Belluz by Jesse Brown
- 2015.02.11. Has Mayim Bialik changed her stance on vaccines? by Tara C. Smith
- 2015.02.11. It’s not about just your child: Why vaccination should be mandatory for kids by Kristen Thompson
- 2015.02.12. Toronto Star’s Head of Investigations Stands by HPV Story: “The story provided a balanced account” by Kevin Donovan
- 2015.02.12. Dropping Science: The Toronto Star’s scandalously bad article on HPV vaccines illustrates a larger problem with Canadian newsrooms by Jonathan Kay
- 2015.02.12. Why science is so hard to believe by Joel Achenbach
- 2015.02.13. Majority of Canadians appear to back mandatory childhood vaccination by Andre Picard
- 2015.02.15. How Scientists Engage the Public by Lee Rainie Cary Funk, Monica Anderson
- 2015.02.15. Journalism vs Science by Jesse Brown
- 2015.02.15. Silicon Valley’s low vaccination rates threaten herd immunity by Jane C. Timm
- 2015.02.16. Bill Maher doubles down on his antivaccine misinformation…again by Orac
- 2015.02.16. How not to report about vaccine safety issues, Toronto Star edition by David Gorski
- 2015.02.17. Health experts question lack of crackdown on ‘homeopathic vaccines’ by Carly Weeks
- 2015.02.18. The dangerous pride of the innumerate journalist by Tim Falconer
- 2015.02.18. Science isn’t perfect, but it’s better than the alternative. by Orac
- 2015.02.18. Mandatory vaccines? Medical ethicist Jeremy Snyder said discussion needed: ‘Ethically, I think it’s very defensible to make this compulsory,’ says medical ethicist on mandatory vaccines by On The Island, CBC News
- 2015.02.19. Throwing science at anti-vaxxers just makes them more hardline by Tom Stafford
- 2015.02.20. Measles outbreak: What parents need to know about herd immunity by Carmen Chai
- 2015.02.20. The Effects of Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on Vaccination Intentions by Daniel Jolley, Karen M. Douglas
- 2015.02.21. Why don’t people trust science? by Tom Spears
- 2015.02.21. How the Toronto Star massively botched a story about the HPV vaccine — and corrected the record by Julia Belluz
- 2015.02.22. A brief history of anti-vaccination in Toronto by Chris Bateman
- 2015.02.23. Measles death in Germany prompts calls for mandatory vaccinations by Ben Knight
- 2015.02.23. Law Requiring California Parents To Vaccinate Their Children Likely To Pass by Melissa Griffin-Caen
- 2015.02.23. Here’s What Some of California’s Least-Vaccinated Schools Have to Say for Themselves by Rebecca Cohen
- 2015.02.23. The Dangerous Silence of Academic Researchers by Y. Claire Wang
- 2015.02.23. Canadian homeopathic college criticized for anti-vaccine stand by Carly Weeks
- 2015.02.24. Facebook conspiracy theorists fooled by even the most obvious anti-science trolling: study by Travis Gettys
- 2015.02.24. Toddler dies of measles in Berlin, 1st death in outbreak by Geir Moulson
- 2015.02.24. As states try to crack down on non-medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates, antivaccinationists lose it (yellow Star of David edition) by Orac
- 2015.02.24. Poll shows strong support in U.S. for mandatory vaccination by Alistair Bell
- 2015.03.xx. Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science? by Joel Achenbach
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2015/02/25/around-the-web-resources-on-vaccination-anti-vaccination-and-why-people-dont-trust-science/
