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Browsing by Author "Cobert, Lauren"

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    Autism and the MMR Vaccine [annotated bibliography]
    Cobert, Lauren (Virginia Tech, 2010)
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    The Autism Vaccine Scare
    Cobert, Lauren (Virginia Tech, 2010)
    The main goal of vaccination is to stop the spread of communicable diseases. Maintaining a herd vaccination rate of ~90% is how WHO controls outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases. However, the autism vaccine scare of the late 1990s compromises herd immunity rates, as isolated outbreaks of measles, mumps and hepatitis occur as a result of a widespread vaccine boycott. This paper identifies key events and lay interpretations that develop during this awkward, unsure time.