Vaccine Hesitancy: Politics and Misinformation

<p>Routine childhood vaccinations have been on the decline in recent years, with the anti-vax movement rising during the Covid-19 pandemic.
</p><p><br></p><p>But the conversation has shifted.
</p><p><br></p><p>What was once affiliated with left-leaning counterculture has now become increasingly right-wing, with male health influencers leading much of the conversation.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>How did the shift happen, and what implications could it have on public health?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Timothy Caulfield is a professor at the University of Alberta, with the Faculty of Law and Public Health. He’ll go through how and why the anti-vax movement changed.</p><p><br></p><p>For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts</a></p>