Location
Room 1
Document Type
Commentary
Keywords
vaccination hesitancy, evidence based medicine, complacency, misinformation
Start Date
4-6-2020 3:01 PM
End Date
4-6-2020 4:00 PM
Abstract
In this short critique of Tarun Kattumana's paper on vaccine hesitancy, I argue that the key cause of vaccine hesitancy in the lay public is not the so-called dry, detached population-level approach to research of evidenced based medicine, but rather complacency due to vaccine success in reducing disease incidence. In turn, this complacency sets the stage for receptivity to misinformation regarding vaccine efficacy and safety from a network of individuals that people hold in high esteem but who may have no legitimate authority in epidemiology.
Response to Submission
Tarun Kattumana, Evidence Based Medicine and Contemporary Vaccine Hesitancy
Reader's Reactions
Tarun Kattumana, Reply to Brian MacPherson’s commentary on my paper “Evidence Based Medicine and Contemporary Vaccine Hesitancy” (June 2020)
Commentary: Critique of “Evidence Based Medicine and Contemporary Vaccine Hesitancy”
Room 1
In this short critique of Tarun Kattumana's paper on vaccine hesitancy, I argue that the key cause of vaccine hesitancy in the lay public is not the so-called dry, detached population-level approach to research of evidenced based medicine, but rather complacency due to vaccine success in reducing disease incidence. In turn, this complacency sets the stage for receptivity to misinformation regarding vaccine efficacy and safety from a network of individuals that people hold in high esteem but who may have no legitimate authority in epidemiology.
