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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
- By Mario Aguilar
- October 21, 2009 |
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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Subscribe on iTunes »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.”)
Read:
An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All
- By Amy Wallace
- October 19, 2009 |
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