Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology with Endocrine - Metabolic Laboratory, Medical University, Lublin, Poland.
Chair and Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology. Medical University, Lublin, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2020 Dec 22;27(4):544-552. doi: 10.26444/aaem/126013. Epub 2020 Aug 26.
Vaccinations are a way accepted by science of preventing infectious diseases. Because of their epidemiological significance, vaccinations are considered compulsory in many countries and their evasion is penalized. Anti-vaccine movements may pose a threat to the epidemiological situation in many countries. The study presents the arguments formulated by opponents of vaccination and provides counter-arguments.
The study is based on the analysis of data stored in scientific databases, information obtained from Google, Bing and Yahoo on the Internet, as well as newspapers, magazines and opinion-forming websites.
The slogans propagated by anti-vaccination movements are usually based on easily proven erroneous theories and lies, although there are also arguments expressing belief in the conspiracy of governments, politicians and vaccine manufacturers, or incompetence of scientists and practitioners.
In recent years in Poland, the activity of movements against vaccination has increased significantly, and their propaganda, through its negative impact on social attitudes, threatens to destabilize the epidemiological situation. Analysis of arguments used by the opponents of vaccination suggests a lack of reliable knowledge, religious overtones (addressed to people with fundamentalist personalities), or the ill-will attitudes of anti-vaccine individuals/groups used for their own purposes. Familiarization with the arguments of anti-vaccine propaganda is necessary in order to implement effective methods of fighting such attitudes and beliefs.
接种疫苗是一种被科学认可的预防传染病的方法。由于其具有流行病学意义，许多国家都将接种疫苗视为强制性的，而且逃避接种疫苗会受到处罚。反疫苗运动可能会对许多国家的流行病学状况构成威胁。本研究介绍了疫苗反对者提出的论点，并提供了相应的反驳意见。
本研究基于对科学数据库中存储的数据、互联网上从谷歌、必应和雅虎获取的信息，以及报纸、杂志和有影响力的网站上的信息进行分析。
反疫苗运动传播的口号通常基于易于证明的错误理论和谎言，尽管也有一些观点表达了对政府、政治家和疫苗制造商阴谋的信任，或者对科学家和从业者的无能的信任。
近年来，波兰反对接种疫苗的运动活动显著增加，其宣传活动通过对社会态度的负面影响，有可能破坏流行病学状况的稳定。对疫苗反对者使用的论点进行分析表明，他们缺乏可靠的知识，具有宗教色彩（针对具有原教旨主义个性的人），或者反疫苗个人/团体出于自身目的的恶意态度。为了实施有效打击此类态度和信仰的方法，有必要了解反疫苗宣传的论点。
