Final Project Part B Milestone 1
The crises situation I chose was The Vaccine War. The topic of vaccines stood out to me because I have heard multiple opinions about vaccines while growing up. Inside my family home I saw my parents’ opinion on vaccines change. I was vaccinated as a child, but as I got older my parents began to disagree with vaccinations. Seeing my parents change their opinion on the topic of course intrigued my young mind. Community opinion also lead me to choose this topic. I grew up in a small town that centered around chiropractic methods and the chiropractors there did not believe in vaccination. It was very common for children in my school to have their vaccinations waived because of the personal belief exemption. As a …show more content…
An anthropologist could understand the reasoning within the community. What is within that community that bolsters skepticism? What is discouraging people from vaccinating, which is a common practice? Individual rights, religious views, and mistrust in the government are factors an anthropological perspective could consider to understand why people are antivaccination. Anthropologists could also consider the influence of the internet, social media, and celebrity endorsements. This perspective could provide new ways to properly communicate with the people who are antivaccination. What exactly is making parents second guess vaccination? Being able to provide a proper way to communicate the importance of vaccination is crucial to turning people in favor of the vaccines. For example, a pharmaceutical spokesperson advocating for vaccinations could be perceived as only wanting to inject as many vaccines into a child as possible for profit. Through anthropological analysis one may find a parent advocating for the importance of vaccinations could be a better alternative to communicate with the community. Anthropological perspective is beneficial to the attack against vaccines because it could provide an understanding to why a community rejects the science behind vaccines and what can be done to communicate with a community.
FRONTLINE. (2015, March 24). The Vaccine War [Video file]. Retrieved from
The crises situation I chose was The Vaccine War. The topic of vaccines stood out to me because I have heard multiple opinions about vaccines while growing up. Inside my family home I saw my parents’ opinion on vaccines change. I was vaccinated as a child, but as I got older my parents began to disagree with vaccinations. Seeing my parents change their opinion on the topic of course intrigued my young mind. Community opinion also lead me to choose this topic. I grew up in a small town that centered around chiropractic methods and the chiropractors there did not believe in vaccination. It was very common for children in my school to have their vaccinations waived because of the personal belief exemption. As a …show more content…
An anthropologist could understand the reasoning within the community. What is within that community that bolsters skepticism? What is discouraging people from vaccinating, which is a common practice? Individual rights, religious views, and mistrust in the government are factors an anthropological perspective could consider to understand why people are antivaccination. Anthropologists could also consider the influence of the internet, social media, and celebrity endorsements. This perspective could provide new ways to properly communicate with the people who are antivaccination. What exactly is making parents second guess vaccination? Being able to provide a proper way to communicate the importance of vaccination is crucial to turning people in favor of the vaccines. For example, a pharmaceutical spokesperson advocating for vaccinations could be perceived as only wanting to inject as many vaccines into a child as possible for profit. Through anthropological analysis one may find a parent advocating for the importance of vaccinations could be a better alternative to communicate with the community. Anthropological perspective is beneficial to the attack against vaccines because it could provide an understanding to why a community rejects the science behind vaccines and what can be done to communicate with a community.
FRONTLINE. (2015, March 24). The Vaccine War [Video file]. Retrieved from