{"id":668,"date":"2015-02-09T20:42:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T20:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=668"},"modified":"2015-10-13T19:00:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:00:42","slug":"vexed-by-vaccination-refusals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2015\/02\/09\/vexed-by-vaccination-refusals\/","title":{"rendered":"Vexed by Vaccination Refusals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/to-your-health\/wp\/2015\/01\/29\/2015-u-s-measles-outbreak-already-at-84-cases-more-than-in-a-typical-year\/\">outbreak of measles<\/a> in Southern California continues its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/health\/Measles-Outbreak-What-You-Need-to-Know-290951411.html\">spread<\/a>, public health officials have turned their attention toward the rising number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/31\/us\/vaccine-critics-turn-defensive-over-measles.html\">parents forgoing vaccinations for their children<\/a>. Once based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/02\/us\/a-discredited-vaccine-studys-continuing-impact-on-public-health.html?referrer&amp;_r=0\">now discredited study<\/a> linking vaccines to autism, the choice not to vaccinate is now considered an issue of individual choice, albeit one made at the expense of public health.<\/p>\n<h5>Vaccinating <em>has<\/em> become highly politicized. With conflicting information about potential side effects and the increase in mandated vaccines, some parents have grown anxious and distrustful\u2014they are now known as \u201canti-vaxxers.\u201d<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mailman.columbia.edu\/our-faculty\/profile?uni=jc988\">James Colgrove<\/a>. 2006. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book.php?isbn=9780520247499\">State of immunity: The politics of vaccination in twentieth-century America.<\/a> Berkeley: University of California.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monicajcasper.com\/\">Monica Casper<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/sociology\/bio\/laura-carpenter\">Laura Carpenter<\/a>. 2008. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1467-9566.2008.01100.x\/full\">Sex, drugs, and politics: the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer.<\/a>\u201d <em>Sociology of Health &amp; Illness <\/em>30(6).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jmc.msu.edu\/contact\/show.php?id=67\">Mark A. Largent<\/a>. 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu\/content\/vaccine\">Vaccine: The Debate in Modern America<\/a><em>. <\/em>Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Social networks and institutions help distrust spread. For instance, you can\u2019t \u201ccatch\u201d autism from other people, but as parents near each other share information and experiences, the chances that a child will be <em>diagnosed <\/em>with autism increases.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.ucla.edu\/faculty\/ka-yuet-liu\">Ka-Yuet Liu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/som.yale.edu\/marissa-d-king-0\">Marissa King<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.columbia.edu\/node\/66\">Peter S. Bearman<\/a>. 2010. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2927813\/\">Social Influence and the Autism Epidemic.<\/a>\u201d <em>American Journal of Sociology <\/em>115(5).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>When parents who distrust medical advice about vaccines consider other parenting practices, such as breastfeeding and nutrition, they also seek out institutions like private schools, which are more friendly to alternative choices. The parents\u2019 networks are thus made smaller.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucdenver.edu\/academics\/colleges\/CLAS\/Departments\/sociology\/AboutUs\/ContactUs\/DepartmentDirectory\/Pages\/Jennifer-Reich.aspx\">Jennifer A. Reich<\/a>. 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/gas.sagepub.com\/content\/28\/5\/679\">\u201cNeoliberal Mothering and Vaccine Refusal: Imagined Gated Communities and the Privilege of Choice<\/a>.\u201d <em>Gender &amp; Society<\/em> 28(5).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Although anti-vaxxers are not necessarily motivated by religious values, sociologists study how multiple sources of authority, such as religious and political affiliations, impact scientific distrust and result in deeply held personal beliefs that may place facts and values at odds.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shepscenter.unc.edu\/2013\/05\/13\/gordon-gauchat-ph-d\/\">Gordon Gauchat<\/a>. 2012. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23102567\">Politicization of Science in the Public Sphere A Study of Public Trust in the United States, 1974 to 2010<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>American Sociological Review<\/em>\u00a077(2).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timothyloudenobrien.com\/\">Timothy L. O\u2019Brien<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirinoy.com\/\">Shiri Noy<\/a>. 2015. \u201cAmericans\u2019 Traditional, Modern, and Post-Secular Perspectives on Science and Religion.\u201d <em>American Sociological Review, <\/em>80.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.ucsd.edu\/faculty\/bio\/_baks\/evansj.shtml.0045.0b4a.bak\">John H. Evans<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelsevans.com\/\">Michael S. Evans<\/a>. 2008. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/29737783\">Religion and Science: Beyond the Epistemological Conflict Narrative.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<em>Annual Review of Sociology<\/em>\u00a034(1).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the outbreak of measles in Southern California continues its spread, public health officials have turned their attention toward the rising number of parents forgoing vaccinations for their children. 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