Posted on 03/17/2018 8:01:55 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot
The study, published in the Journal of Public Health, found that people's erroneous beliefs about an association between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism were a predictor of people's lessened intention to get a Zika vaccine. The study also found that people's perceptions of the severity of the Zika virus as well as their general belief in the power of science to solve problems increased their intention to get the vaccine.
"When a new disease arises, people who lack understanding of the new threat may extrapolate from their knowledge of other diseases," said Yotam Ophir. "We found that the misbelief about the MMR vaccine's association with autism was more influential on the decision of whether to get vaccinated for Zika than even perceptions of Zika itself, which is worrisome, especially in light of the persistence of that misinformation."
The bogus association between the MMR vaccine and autism has been disproven in numerous studies. However, the argument is still prominent among people who oppose vaccinations. "Scientists often look at the effect of misinformed beliefs about the MMR vaccine on people's intention to vaccinate children with the triple vaccine, but they don't as often look at the dangerous spillover effects that these misbeliefs can have," said Ophir, who will be joining APPC as a postdoctoral fellow.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
Key findings of the study include these:
The more likely someone is to believe in the false association between the use of the MMR vaccine and autism, the less likely that person is to use a Zika vaccine;
People who believe in the ability of science to overcome problems were more likely to intend to use a Zika vaccine;
People who believe that Zika causes the birth defect microcephaly (which is accurate) and those who believe Zika is likely to cause death (which is inaccurate) were more likely to intend to vaccinate;
People who were engaged in behaviors to protect against Zika were less likely to intend to get the vaccination — which “may be the result of their confidence that their actions pre-empt the need to be vaccinated,” the researchers said.
The researchers said the study has practical and theoretical implications. Once the Zika vaccine exists, health communicators will have to cope with “vaccine hesitancy” and anti-vaccine communications. The research also adds evidence to the need for health communicators “to address a spill-over effect from misbeliefs about one vaccine on intention to use another.”
The bogus association between the MMR vaccine and autism has been disproven in numerous studies. However, the argument is still prominent among people who oppose vaccinations. “Scientists often look at the effect of misinformed beliefs about the MMR vaccine on people’s intention to vaccinate children with the triple vaccine, but they don’t as often look at the dangerous spillover effects that these misbeliefs can have,” said Ophir,
One need only look at the claims and counter-claims of the effects of / amount of vaccine-induced injuries as a result of the HPV vaccine.
Many Internet sites claim (with quotes from MDs) that deaths are ‘high’ - yet the CDC et al claim otherwise.
The problem today is two-fold. The larger community has come to distrust the FedGov due to the politicization of many medical programs at both the State and Federal levels. The HPV vaccine is just one of many recent politicized efforts.
The second is the view by many that Big Pharma is a money machine that could care less about patient outcome, so long as they get their dough. The recent conviction of
“Pharma Bro Shkrel” is just the most recent example. The execrable performance of flu vaccines in recent decades, and the deaths from the same doesn’t help.
Right now Zikka is a small issue - and for the large and growing older population of the US, it will remain so.
You neglected the lawyers that feed on big pharma, the medical profession, insurance, and fabricated lawsuits. Lawyers get a piece of every business and they run all branches of government. They push the narrative that science is bad and meant to be bled so they can line their dishonest pockets. Lawyers are the antivaxer leaders, make no mistake about it.
So many FReepers who clearly see the govt can’t be trusted blindly trust that human infants with no immune systems yet of their own should be injected with compounded primitive products because the government says so. This is one other science the government ignores. Multiple injections of primitive concoctions into babies is neurotoxic even to infants that don’t “show” the toxicity for decades.
The study of medicine came with an important caveat a couple thou years ago. “First, do no harm.”
I'm really furious at the antivax crowd for forcing the Lyme Disease vaccine off the market. It is one of the safest vaccines, and better tested than most. It's the same vaccine they continue to give to dogs.
But the antivax wackos claimed it "caused autism". The vaccine was called LYMErix and developed by GlaxoSmithKline. But rather than fight the idiots GSK just said to hell with it and pulled it off the market.
Lyme Disease is a debilitating chronic disease that mimics severe arthritis and many people are never ever cured of it fully.
Lyme disease mostly affects people in red states— flyover country. Outdoorsmen, farmers, surveyors, loggers, construction workers, campers, hikers, hunters, and fishermen. These millions, and millions of people are essentially considered "disposable deplorables" in the eyes of liberals and antivaxers
But they consider homosexuals (1% or 2% of the population) with their plethora of STDs, HIV, and other exotic preventable infections to be top priority for vaccines and pharmaceutical dollars.
Stop pretending to be a medical professional or even a scientist. Stupidly transparent.
But they consider homosexuals (1% or 2% of the population) with their plethora of STDs, HIV, and other exotic preventable infections to be top priority for vaccines and pharmaceutical dollars. “”
A thousand fold more research goes into the pervert culture than any normal culture ever imagined. And the annoying thing is, a simple change in behavior is the remedy. Let me remind you, the antivax movement is lining the lawyer’s pockets. They have run numerous vaccine companies out of business. If you want to point the finger at the heart of the matter, look no further than the “legal network.” I hope you don’t have Lyme disease.
Why? When so many 'medical professionals' and 'scientists' pretend to be such every day, all day?
Stupidly transparent.
YES! Indeed it is!
One more tip, if infants had no immune system they wouldn’t live 3 days unless they were in a bubble.
Apparently, you being a pretend pilot, are justified with your own. Rather odd, don’t you think?
No needles my entire life and I am healthier than you ever will be. :-)
Pretend Pilot? Not even once. That would be a construct of your own feeble mind. Now, back to your witch doctors!
Oh, absolutely. The whole issue of compulsory vaccination is a thorny issue. At present I believe that parents should allow their kids to opt out. l
The reason for the debate ultimately involves epidemiological issues. For example, many diseases have almost been eradicated. Polio was on the verge of extinction yet Muslims refused the vaccine and now there has been a resurgence of polio in Muslims enclaves like Pakistan and some African countries.
If it weren't for epidemiological issues, nobody would care. But humans can spread disease to other humans so the debate is really about whether and individual's choice is sacrosanct, or whether the health of the population at large is more important.
I don't have an answer. As an American I really think it's wrong to force someone to take a vaccine they don't want. But then how to address the epidemiological issues that arise? I look at backward Muslim countries and wonder if we are headed that way in America.
[Many Freepers can easily remember when polio was a much feared disease, especially for children.]
Really. How old are you?
Now they have a vaccine for everything except hang nails. You have a better chance of getting eaten by a shark than getting the Zika virus.
the study says ...
50% of studies are BOGUS. Which half is this study??
Dr. Richard Horton
Editor-in-Chief Lancet Medical Journal
“Much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue.”
You are the witch doctor. Just returned from a meeting trip. A good friend was there, one who went to west Africa to help get the Ebola outbreak under control in the 2014 outbreak. While the Africans were dying like flies, they didn’t believe in infectious agent control, and like you, required convincing on a massive scale. Tell me about the witch doctor. What do you suppose his attitude was?
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