Vaccine Concerns in Specific Populations: Point-Counterpoint, Part 2 Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate. —Renee Jain In the last chapter, we discussed general questions…
Addressing Your Patients’ Vaccine Doubts: Point-Counterpoint, Part 1 Doubt can only be removed by action. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Health care providers encounter a myriad of anti-vaccine claims, some of…
A Risk Worth Taking Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less….
The Lie That Started It All If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth….
Catching Flies: Approach Matters A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. —Benjamin Franklin Although the origins and exact meaning of Franklin’s phrase are debated,…
Who’s Minding the Shop? Ensuring Vaccine Safety and Efficacy The safety of the people shall be the highest law. —Marcus Tullius cicero One of the most popular arguments used by…
Psychology of the Anti-vaccine Movement The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. —H. L. Mencken…
There and Back Again: How Anti-vaxxers Change Their Minds A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words,…
What’s Old Is New Again: Genesis of the Anti-vaccine Movement If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. —George Bernard…
Through the Lens of History: A Look at Vaccine-Preventable Disease and the Origin of Vaccines In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old,…
