S1E65 / Vaccines and Motherly Love / Heather Simpson, Elena Conis, Rebecca Onion, Jonathan Berman

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

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Society & Culture, #Eradication, Medicine, #Covid, Science, Life Sciences, #Sarscov2, Documentary, #Coronavirus, #Covid19, Health & Fitness, #Smallpox

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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"We easily have never had as high a level of vaccination acceptance as we have now but we've asked a lot more of the public. The resistance that we see today is a response, in part, to that compounded request over time." - Elena Conis The vast majority of Americans accept vaccines but concerns about the effect vaccines could theoretically have on kids have been some of the oldest and most resilient drivers of vaccine mistrust. At this recording, the COVID vaccines authorized for emergency use have not yet been approved for children but if the United States is to eventually reach herd immunity, children will need to be vaccinated. In this second episode in our series on vaccine confidence, we'll hear from a mother who went from being an anti-vaxxer to an advocate for vaccines. This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you. #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

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0:00.0	We easily have never had as high a level of vaccination acceptance, but we've asked
0:17.5	a lot more of the public, and in part the resistance that we see today is a response
0:25.8	to that kind of compounded request.
0:39.8	You're listening to Epidemic, the podcast about the science, public health, and social
0:43.9	impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
0:46.9	I'm your host, Dr. Selene Gounder.
1:02.6	Growing up, Heather Simpson never thought much about vaccines.
1:06.1	She got all the normal ones most kids get.
1:08.6	It was just something that we did, we went, they hurt, you know, we got McDonald's afterwards.
1:14.4	If she ever needed a measles shot or a pertussis shot, she just got one.
1:18.9	No questions asked.
1:20.4	I just really was not concerned.
1:22.6	I just trusted them.
1:24.6	It really wasn't until thinking about having kids came into the picture that I even really
1:31.2	thought about it.
1:32.8	Now that Heather was pregnant, she was thinking a lot about how to raise her baby in the safest
1:37.4	most natural way.
1:39.2	She started researching organic foods.
1:41.7	She decided she wanted to give birth without an epidural.
1:45.4	But there was a darker side to her concerns.
1:48.4	So many decisions were coming at me to be the best mom I could be, and I felt judged
1:53.4	by people that were making these natural choices, and I just felt like I was in survival mode.
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