Season 2, episode 28: The rabbit hole
“Really effective misinformation elicits an emotional response in us.”
—Kolina Koltai
How do we get the right information without falling down the rabbit hole of misinformation?
In our final installment of our series on vaccine hesitancy, we look at misinformation—why it happens, who we can trust, and how we can avoid being duped ourselves.
Show notes:
This is the third installment of a 3-part series on vaccine hesitancy. Listen to episode 1 “Trials and Tribulations” here and episode 2 “Shut up and listen” here.
Read how Andrew Wakefield's original vaccine and autism theory was fraudulent here, here and here
Vox: Research fraud catalyzed the anti-vaccination movement. Let’s not repeat history
For full list of 25+ sources, please see the text and footnotes in the episode transcript
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