Public Misunderstanding of Science? Reframing the Problem of Vaccine Hesitancy
Abstract
Public resistance towards scientific claims regarding vaccine safety is widely thought to stem from public misunderstanding (or ignorance) of science. Repeated failures to alleviate this ignorance make the problem of vaccine hesitancy seem intractable. I challenge this presumption of knowledge deficit and reinterpret vaccine hesitancy to be a problem of public mistrust of scientific experts and institutions. This finding invites new corrective...
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Title
Public Misunderstanding of Science? Reframing the Problem of Vaccine Hesitancy
Published Date
Oct 1, 2016
Journal
Volume
24
Issue
5
Pages
552 - 581
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