Here's a good rule of thumb: If the term "vaccine choice" or "informed consent" appears in the name of a vaccine-related organization, that organization is antivaccine. If there's an exception to this axiom, I have yet to see it in 20 years of combatting antivax misinformation.
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Replying to @gorskon
As med students, were pretty directly exposed to current issues/dangers associated with non-vaccination movements. When encountering organized non-vaccination rhetoric, do physicians generally engage in dialogue with these groups? Is there room for open and respectful discourse?
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Replying to @JoeyJulianMD221
Not with the hard core antivaxers. It is not an exaggeration to call them cult-like. You are not going to change their minds. OTOH, is definitely worth it to engage the vaccine-averse. They can be persuaded. Learning to tell the difference between the two is the hard part.
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Replying to @gorskon @JoeyJulianMD221
If measure of "cult-like" mentality is an unwillingness to consider new info or change one's mind about something, does a person who insists every currently available ped. vaccine for every child = overall health bargain -despite science which questions that assumption-- qualify?
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I don't know. I've never encountered anyone like that.
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