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By Andrew Lea
Infectious Disease Columnist
Harvard College Global Health Review
In early October, Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachman raised eyebrows after asserting that a ?little girl suffered from mental retardation? after ?a negative reaction to this potentially dangerous [HPV vaccine].?[1] Although health experts were quick to criticize this point as false rhetoric, Bachmann?s mistrust in vaccinations reflects a larger trend in the United States: many people are foregoing life-saving vaccinations on suspicions about vaccines? safety.
This is not to say that all grounds for passing up vaccinations are unfounded. On the contrary, many people have reasonable religious, health, personal, or other reasons to not accept vaccinations. Others demonstrate a strong distrust in government vaccination campaigns, a behavior that has deep roots in a dark history of compulsory vaccination that forced millions to receive vaccinations regardless of objection.
Read the full article here:
Vaccination Education: Increasing Vaccination Rates through Accurate Information and Primary Care
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