Vaccines Archives - Anticentric

Swelling ranks of antivaxxers in Indonesia underlines global trend

October 27, 2020 Alfred Romann

Swelling ranks of antivaxxers and vaccine-hesitant people in Indonesia and other places in the world threaten the recovery from COVID-19.

Fears of mandatory vaccinations are on the rise

Fears of mandatory vaccination: Shot, anyone?

October 13, 2020 Sergio Held

Fears of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 are on the rise and the debate is polarizing people around the world, from the U.S. to Canada, India, across Latin America and Europe. Proposals to roll out armies of vaccinators, once a vaccine is approved, in places like the UK are raising eyebrows

Anti-vaxxer movements are on the rise: Podcast

October 6, 2020 Alfred Romann

Anti-vaxxer movements are on the rise even as more than 178 teams of researchers work around the clock to develop vaccines and treatments to deal with COVID-19, the disease that has brought the global economy to a screeching halt.

Vaccine disasters spur antivaxxer doubts

August 18, 2020 Sergio Held

Vaccine disasters have happened but it is important to put them in context. Vaccine disasters and the number of patients affected by unexpected side-effects are minuscule compared with the billions of doses of people that have been vaccinated around the world for centuries.

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Measles and COVID-19: Indonesia’s Battles Against Vaccine Hesitancy Highlight Challenges for Muslim World

August 6, 2020 David Ho

Indonesia is preparing to manufacture a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine in large quantities but to distribute it around the country it will have to overcome anti-vaxxer sentiments and religious prejudices

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With their loud and effective campaigns, anti-vaxxers could hurt efforts to build COVID-19 herd immunity

July 17, 2020 Alfred Romann

Anti-vaccine attitudes are gaining traction globally thanks in part to effective social media campaigns and messaging. The spread of this anti-vaccine messaging could make it impossible to protect against Covid-19.

Need for speed in Covid-19 vaccine creates challenges and enhancement danger

July 14, 2020 Sergio Held

There are around 149 projects underway to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. These projects are moving at unprecedented speed. The speed itself creates challenges and requires companies to pay extra attention to safety.

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Whack-a-measles: Resurgence of eradicated disease points to dangers of vaccine hesitancy

July 9, 2020 Bryan Wong

Measles outbreaks have put herd immunity and vaccination progress in danger. Hong Kong managed the outbreak well thanks to strong vaccination rates.

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Lesson for the world: Polio makes a comeback in Pakistan as misinformation, fear and mistrust power antivaxxer movements

July 7, 2020 Khawar Khan

Polio has been making a comeback in Pakistan, riding a wave of antivaxxer sentiment that is driven by misinformation, fear and mistrust.

Anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories and hesitancy: Interview

July 2, 2020 Sergio Held

Antivaxxers have become more vocal as Covid-19 spread. Their warnings about the perceived dangers of vaccines often ignore existing data and pick on single facts in isolation and without context.