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Ep. 46 Tracking the Anti-Vaccine Movement

Vax Talk

English - November 16, 2020 15:15 - 53 minutes - 74 MB - ★★★★ - 329 ratings
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The anti-vaccine movement is as old as vaccines, but it has been evolving recently to new leaders who emphasize the autism disinformation campaign less and their own big media empires more. We invited Vaccinate Your Family's Erica DeWald to our podcast to discuss where the modern anti-vaccine movement came from and where they are going.

Links from the podcast:
COVID vaccine effectiveness: https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/09/covid-19-vaccine-from-pfizer-and-biontech-is-strongly-effective-early-data-from-large-trial-indicate/

HPV vaccine and throat cancer: https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/12/fda-approves-gardasil-9-the-hpv-vaccine-to-prevent-head-and-neck-cancer/

VFV's MightyCause campaign: https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Voices-For-Vaccines?mode=edit