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A Resistant Strain: Revealing the Online Grassroots Rise of the Antivaccination Movement

Abstract

An analysis of more than eight years of data from vaccination forums on mothering.com shows that the antivaccination movement is well-organized and widely dispersed, and that it emerged long before concerns about immunity were expressed. The findings are evidence of a formidable challenge to the social norms surrounding vaccination.

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