Vaccine Acceptance Threatened By Non-Communication of Evidence Based Strategies

Scientists have concluded that the common belief of lack of public comprehension and their distrust on science is reasons for non-acceptance of vaccines; is not based on facts. Instead it is the lack of communication by both public and private institutions of evidence based strategies that have been consistently threatening vaccine acceptance in public. According to Dan M. Kahan and Elizabeth K. Dollard of Yale Law School, “Science uses the controversy over the introduction of the human pilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to illustrate how inattention to the insights from the empirical study of science communication puts the value of decision-relevant science itself at risk.” Advance dissemination of information about the possible dangers and use of vaccines to prevent it can help create general awareness and acceptance by the people. Unfortunately, in the past even the attempt to legislate mandating of vaccines met with stiff resistance from various quarters due to divergent cultural and political background of the recipients.