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Understanding the Myriad Forms of Vaccine Skepticism
The political polarization of the country has framed “anti-vaxxers” as a left versus right, rural versus urban, educated versus uneducated debate. The truth is far more complicated and has larger implications for human health. As the mRNA vaccines rolled out to the public in the US in 2021, portions of the US population resisted receiving…
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“Side effects may include …”: A Very Brief History of Pharmaceutical Advertising, Part 4
By the mid-eighties, pharmaceutical manufacturers had begun dabbling with DTC marketing. Manufacturers were stymied by a lack of clarity from the FDA (regrettably familiar at times today) and caught up on debates about the public’s desire to learn more about prescription drugs versus their ability to comprehend fully what might be advertised to them. As…
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