Vaccine Hesitancy
Public Trust, Expertise, and the War on Science
Winner, 2022 PSA Women’s Caucus Prize in Feminist Philosophy of Science Award
The public has voiced concern over the adverse effects of vaccines from the moment Dr. Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. The controversy over childhood immunization intensified in 1998, when Dr. Andrew Wakefield linked the MMR vaccine ...
