Anti-Vaccination movements with Paula Larsson
Episode 98 - September 9, 2022
Paula Larsson (University of Oxford) comes on the new Infectious Historians episode to talk about her work on anti-vaccination movements. The conversation begins with an overview of vaccines before moving into vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccination. Paula explores the similarities in anti-vaccination movements and their arguments over the past two centuries, while drawing parallels to famous recent cases such as the MMR vaccine and its false links to autism and the Covid vaccine. Near the end, Paula discusses her public engagement work, which she has pursued through multiple pathways.
Further Reading
- Berman, Jonathan M. Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2020.
- Durbach, Nadja. Bodily Matters: The Anti-vaccination Movement in England, 1853-1907. Durham: Duke UP, 2005.
- Hornsey, M. J., Harris, E. A., & Fielding, K. S. (2018). The psychological roots of anti-vaccination attitudes: A 24-nation investigation. Health Psychology, 37(4), 307–315.
- Larsson, Paula. “COVID-19 vaccination: What we can learn from the great polio vaccine heist of 1959”, The Conversation, February 21, 2021.
- Larsson, Paula. “COVID-19 anti-vaxxers use the same arguments from 135 years ago”, The Conversation, October 4, 2020.
Our Guest
Paula Larsson
Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, New College, University of Oxford
