Controversy over adverse effects of vaccines has reignited across the media recently. New studies also investigate the influence this information has on the decision to vaccinate .....................................
Pro-vaccine communications 'are ineffective'
A study in the journal Pediatrics assessed the effectiveness of vaccination messages. Political scientist Brendan Nyhan, PhD, tested four kinds of message on 1,759 Americans: "Autism correction" was a factual, scientific rebuttal of the claims that the MMR vaccine causes autism; "Disease risks" listed the risks of contracting measles, mumps or rubella; "Disease narrative" was a true story about a baby who contracted a very serious case of measles.