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Vaccine skepticism was fed by a discredited 1998 study which still has repercussions today

How Fears Over the Measles Vaccine Took Hold Retro Report on PBS

Premiered October 15, 2019
How Fears Over the Measles Vaccine Took Hold

Vaccines are one of the greatest achievements in the history of public health. So why are we always hearing about the reappearance of a disease like measles that we thought had been eradicated? Skepticism and fear surrounding vaccines were fed by a flawed study done in 1998. The study was quickly discredited, but years later, we’re still dealing with the repercussions.

About the Program

Retro Report on PBS

Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.

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