Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away

Written by Heidi J. Larson

Narrated by Chloe Cannon

Vaccine reluctance and refusal are no longer limited to the margins of society. Debates around vaccines' necessity-along with questions around their side effects-have gone mainstream, blending with geopolitical conflicts, political campaigns, celebrity causes, and "natural" lifestyles to win a growing number of hearts and minds. Today's anti-vaccine positions find audiences where they've never existed previously.

Stuck examines how the issues surrounding vaccine hesitancy are, more than anything, about people feeling left out of the conversation. A new dialogue is long overdue, one that addresses the many types of vaccine hesitancy and the social factors that perpetuate them. To do this, Stuck provides a clear-eyed examination of the social vectors that transmit vaccine rumors, their manifestations around the globe, and how these individual threads are all connected.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Oct 6, 2020
• ISBN: 9781705266021

Reviews for Stuck

[Anthony Matthews · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A measured, compassionate, analysis of vaccine hesitancy and the threats that such hesitancy poses to our general wellbeing. Perhaps we need to understand a little more and condemn a little less if we are going to restore people's faith in one of the greatest medical advances, alongside clean water, ever developed. In a time of pandemic this book is more important than ever.