Plummeting vaccination rates threaten public health
For the first time in human history, we have the scientific know-how to vaccinate against most of the infectious diseases that killed our ancestors. But an explosion of pseudoscience and disinformation makes people hesitate to accept the shot. And so once contained diseases like measles is on the rise again. Hear why we have to act now, or risk losing centuries of gains that vaccines have brought to the world. Presented at Gleebooks Speakers Raina MacIntyre Professor of Global Biosecurity at UNSW and an NHMRC Research Fellow Author of Vaccine Nation: Science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress Dr Norman Swan (host) Host of Radio National's The Health Report and co-host of What's That Rash
August 4, 2025
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August 4, 2025
Plummeting vaccination rates threaten public health
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Plummeting vaccination rates threaten public health
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<p>For the first time in human history, we have the scientific know-how to vaccinate against most of the infectious diseases that killed our ancestors. But an explosion of pseudoscience and disinformation makes people hesitate to accept the shot. And so once contained diseases like measles is on the rise again. Hear why we have to act now, or risk losing centuries of gains that vaccines have brought to the world.</p><p>Presented at <a href="https://gleebooks.com.au/">Gleebooks</a></p><p>Speakers</p><p><a href="https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/professor-raina-macintyre">Raina MacIntyre</a>Professor of Global Biosecurity at UNSW and an NHMRC Research FellowAuthor of Vaccine Nation: Science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/norman-swan/2921040">Dr Norman Swan</a> (host)Host of Radio National's The Health Report and co-host of What's That Rash</p>
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