Countering the Next Phase of American Anti-Vaccine Activism

Anti-vaccine activism has been present throughout American history, but the movement gained considerable momentum in the twenty-first century based on false claims that vaccines cause autism in the 2000s and “health freedom” protests against childhood immunization mandates in schools in the 2010s. Anti-vaccine disinformation may have hit a new peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that won’t be the end of it.

Routine childhood immunizations are falling, which means it’s vital we take a hard look at the status of childhood immunizations in the United States and find new opportunities to advocate for vaccines or counter rising anti-vaccine activism.

Speaker: Peter Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine

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