Yes and no. Vaccine hesitant parents are often really nice people, just scared by antivax misinformation. Hard core antivaxers, the "thought leaders" of the antivax movement, are almost without exception shitty people, entitled and dismissive of any public good.https://twitter.com/SOlsonMichel/status/1180220661995687936 …
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One question is rather obvious: What evidence would it take to change your mind about vaccines? If the answer is that no evidence could do it or they need an impossible level of evidence (eg, proof of absolute safety + 100% efficacy), then they're almost certainly not reachable.
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Agreed. In clinic, I like the motivational interviewing approach of asking on a scale of 1-10 (1 being never) how willing are you to accept a vaccine for yourself or your child? When they say zero, I give up. If they say anything higher than a 1, we discuss their concerns.
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I was just curious if you had literature you could cite/share so I could learn more. Personally, I wouldn't ask someone "what would it take to change your mind" because as a communicator, that question (and the tone of it) can be problematic in the way it's interpreted.
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It comes across immediately as if you're trying to change their mind and looking to tell them why they're wrong, whereas you can identify their hesitancy by asking them questions about their concerns rather than asking them to identify gaps in their knowledge.
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