SODcast: Vaccines and The Anti-Vax Movement

In this week’s episode of SODcast, members dive into a great conversation on vaccines and the anti-vax movement. Disclaimer: Some of these videos and articles show information that is unverified and conflict directly with the great majority of scientific literature. Also, some videos may show images and clips that some people may find disturbing. Such videos are marked with an *. Questions How do you feel about people who refuse to vaccinate themselves and their children? How do anti-vaxxers respond to mainstream scientific data and literature? Why are anti-vaxxers so afraid of vaccines? Should the federal government require everyone to vaccinate? Is being anti-vaccine a free choice or is it a belief that is directly or indirectly harmful to the rest of society? Resources Debunking Anti-Vaxxers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b03U6BYF9L0 *Real people being truly afraid of vaccines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DEnX2RKbxU An anti-vaccine health website  https://vaccines.mercola.com/ Anti-vaccine influenced COVID-19 perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4qdiY936gY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3iMXTKs-83JQXTdKLSg5enOWovqEwkLUMMej_GcttlaEOC7zLUDBypkc8 Anti-vaccine influenced COVID-19 perspective 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2KtgSnk3XE Find us on our website: https://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/site/opendiscussion Visit us on our Twitter page: https://twitter.com/StudentsOpen