To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate?
Just the Vax: Are Vaccines Safe? Are vaccines dangerous? Do they cause autism? How do they work? If they’re not dangerous, why do so many people choose not to vaccinate? On this episode of Curiosity Aroused, Amy Davis Roth and Elyse Anders seek out a few experts to answer our questions.
Links and references: Dr Jen Newport runs the Chicago Skeptics: site.chicagoskeptics.org
Derek Bartholomaus runs Jenny McCarthy Body Count: http://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com
Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/
Centers For Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Explanation of how Wakefield was found “irresponsible and dishonest”: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=3660
The Lancet’s retraction of Andrew Wakefield’s study: http://press.thelancet.com/wakefieldretraction.pdf
Fear holds up polio vaccinations in Nigeria - 27 Sep 08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECCo0uYZRG8
Polio figures in Nigeria: http://www.polioeradication.org/casecount.asp
A Campaign Shows Signs of Progress Against Polio: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/world/13polio.html
