Referral: An Epidemic Of Fear

 

 

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Wired Magazine’s cover story this month is called  An Epidemic Of Fear  by Amy Wallace.  It is, she takes on the anti-vaccination movement, and as you might imagine, it is kicking up a fair amount of controversy.

 

Below is the Wired.com  Storyboard (including a link to an audio podcast), followed by a link to the story. 

 

Highly Recommended.

 

Storyboard: Get Inside the ‘Epidemic of Fear’ About Vaccines

Photo by Olaf Blecker, Production by http://www.production-berlin.com

Children are afraid of shots, but their parents are supposed to know better. Unfortunately, many parents are skipping their kids’ vaccinations because a barrage of misinformation has led them to believe a host of unscientific theories, including the myth that vaccines can cause autism. Skipping shots, though, is bad for everyone.

 

Storyboard Podcast: Episode 6

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This week’s Storyboard delivers a behind-the-scenes look at Wired’s November cover story, “An Epidemic of Fear,” by Amy Wallace. Senior editor Nancy Miller hosts a conversation with executive editor Thomas Goetz about the anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists, and learns how to win an argument about vaccines.

 

“An Epidemic of Fear” has only been online for a few days and it’s already stirring up a heated debate. As Wired research editor Rachel Swaby points out, we know this is a controversial topic. Just as with every article ushered through Wired’s editorial process, the research team fact-checked every last detail of the story. (If you don’t believe us, check out “Be Part of the Process: Wired’s Editors Field Your Questions.”)

 

 

 

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An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All

  • By Amy Wallace Email Author
  • October 19, 2009  | 

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