{"id":49633,"date":"2015-02-20T05:57:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/20\/the-psychology-of-anti-vaccination.html"},"modified":"2015-05-13T12:17:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T18:17:24","slug":"the-psychology-of-anti-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/20\/the-psychology-of-anti-vaccination.html","title":{"rendered":"The Psychology of Anti-Vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The human psyche is full of quirks. A combination of those has led to the anti-vax movement &#8230; and the nature of them makes that movement very resistant to counter-arguement.<\/p>\n<p>Or, just as fundamentally: <i>The success of vaccination has allowed for the anti-vaccination movement to thrive.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Humans are built for survival, as are all species. But that build doesn&#39;t guarantee success in all areas.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105686326520989280076\" oid=\"105686326520989280076\">Dan Eastwood<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Ben Hibben<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An excellent look at the cognitive biases and social pressures that lead to anti-vaccination decisions despite the clear science proving they are safe and necessary:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rzxr9FeZf1g' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/XqNmMsCbE1h'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The human psyche is full of quirks. A combination of those has led to the anti-vax movement &#8230; and the nature of them makes that movement very resistant to counter-arguement. Or, just as fundamentally: The success of vaccination has allowed for the anti-vaccination movement to thrive. Humans are built for survival, as are all species. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/20\/the-psychology-of-anti-vaccination.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Psychology of Anti-Vaccination&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,100,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-dolts","category-health-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27578,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/good-for-american-airlines.html","url_meta":{"origin":49633,"position":0},"title":"Good for American Airlines","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 25-Apr-12 9:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"For pulling the \"ad\" \/ 3 minutes disinformational spot by an Australian anti-vaccination organization. Note to the AVN: Science does not always have two sides. Not, at least, without some real, peer-reviewed evidence. #ddtbReshared post from +Liz Ditz Embedded Link Australian Vaccination Network's ad pulled by American Airlines after 'backlash'\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129619,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/whos-behind-the-international-public-health-emergency-over-zika.html","url_meta":{"origin":49633,"position":1},"title":"Who&#039;s behind the international public health emergency over Zika?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Feb-16 3:29pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Have the conspiracy theories started yet? Is this part of Obama's last-ditch effort to suspend the elections? Or a way of defeating the noble anti-vaccination movement by scaring them into getting vaccinations? Is it ISIS, trying to sneak Muslim Terror Mosquitoes over our unguarded border? Or a conspiracy by Monsanto\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49511,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/a-history-of-vaccination-and-the-law.html","url_meta":{"origin":49633,"position":2},"title":"A History of Vaccination and the Law","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 6-Feb-15 8:23pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This is not a new battle. The difference, as far as I can see, is that we (as a nation) have simply forgotten the terror of the diseases that can be prevented by vaccination.Do we really need epidemics to remind us? Originally shared by +The Atlantic: Cowpox and the Constitution\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41626,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/07\/this-is-why-we-cant-have-good-foreign-policy.html","url_meta":{"origin":49633,"position":3},"title":"This is why we can&#39;t have good foreign policy","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 7-Apr-14 10:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because various intelligence yahoos keep re-purposing Good Things for Bad Ends, then ineptly letting that info spill out, leading to justification for all sorts of anti American conspiracy theories and reactions.(See also: using polio vaccination programs for cover for intel searches for Osama bin Ladin, the result of which is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24928,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/29\/vaccinate-your-kids-part-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":49633,"position":4},"title":"Vaccinate Your Kids, Part 2","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 29-Dec-11 3:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"No, really. 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