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To the Editor: Dr Wolfe and colleagues¹ found that most claims made by antivaccination Web sites are not supported by scientific evidence. My colleagues and I recently reported similar findings.² In attempting to respond to such vaccination concerns, however, it is less important to know what people believe than why they subscribe to such views.

For many people, the decision not to vaccinate is merely one manifestation of wider philosophies that embrace individualism, New Age lifestyles and ideas, or an antiauthoritarian stance. Refutations based on fact alone fail to address the core appeals that attract people to antivaccination sentiment in the first place.³ For those who are wary of vaccines, a compelling case must appeal to the values central to these philosophies. Likewise, any analysis of antivaccination discourse must go beyond explicit claims and look into the deeper levels at which such opposition originates.

This has implications for physicians who . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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