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John Oliver Vaccines

John Oliver Vaccines

Q In this discussion, react to the video Vaccines from the show "Last Week Tonight" (see instructions below to access the video). Pay careful attention to relevant comments on research methods and critical thinking about ways we know information relating to chapter 1 in Cozby and our lecture from Wednesday. In your response, answer the following questions: • What are some of the sources of misinformation about vaccines highlighted in the John Oliver report? • Have you encountered such or similar misinformation? If so, how did you respond? • What lessons can scientists learn from Andrew Wakefield? • How can scientists better communicate their findings to prevent misinformation from spreading? • How might doctors and scientists reduce suspicions of harmful effects of vaccines? Click the link or Copy and Paste this URL into your browser to view the video:https://youtu.be/7VG_s2PCH_c (Links to an external site.) *Note this video uses vulgar humor including language. Apologies in advance if anyone is offended. Skip to 6:00 minutes into the video to jump right tot he content relevant to research methods.

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I feel as if almost all of the misinformation surrounding vaccines comes from social media and social news sites like Twitter or Pinterest, or from people who have done little to no research of their own. John Oliver mentioned that another place that people get misinformation about vaccines is from a scientist who has not done a great job of communication, or from people who are looking to prove someone "negative", such as in the example of the donkey at 13:00 in the video. I worked in a daycare for about ten months before deciding that it was not a job for me,