In 2014 Dan
Kahan a professor of psychology at Yale Law School surveyed 2,316 people in order to
test the theory that vaccines are a greatly debated subject among U.S Citizens.
Since this is an often repeated idea spread through the media, I myself found
this experiment rather interesting. Recently the media has suggested that there
is a large growing number of people who reject the idea of vaccinations. Kahn’s
survey data indeed suggested opposite of that of the media’s theory. That
despite the recent hype that vaccines are one of the most agreed-upon topics. The
subjects of vaccines were also compared to gun ownership, legalizing marijuana
and global warming. Along with that finding the people who held a negative
outlook on vaccines couldn't even be characterized into a recognizable subgroup.
I also believe that media is over hyping the debate of vaccination’s. This belief
is not limited to the Kahan findings alone but personal experience as well. I've asked multiple families and friends since knowing about this debate what their
opinions on vaccines where. I have yet to find one person who sees them as a negative.
All the members of my family has had all the normal recommended vaccines. As
well as the families that I asked, with that being the case I have no choice but
to question the severity of the measles vaccine debate. What I don’t question
is the seriousness of the recent growing numbers of measles cases because those
numbers can’t simply be ignored
References
Sifferlin, A. (2015). Democrats and Republicans Mostly Agree
About Vaccines, Research Shows. Time.Com, N.PAG. Taken from
