Recommended Citation
Ana Santos Rutschman,
Vaccine Hesitancy Across Time: Legal and Policy Interventions from the Dawn of the Anti-Vaccination Movement to the Era of Social Media,
23(4)
North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology
840
(2022).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/facpubs/331
Abstract
This symposium article explores the intertwined topics of hesitancy and trust towards vaccines. It traces the evolution of anti-vaccine sentiments, their consolidation into organized movements, and their recent evolution as vaccine misinformation and disinformation circulates with unprecedented ease through digital channels. The Article then examines selected legal and policy interventions that have been used to counter vaccine hesitancy—sometimes through top-down or mandatory frameworks, other times through voluntary ones. In particular, the Article examines vaccination mandates, as well as rules imposing or promoting vaccination; mechanisms designed to increase the flow of information about vaccines; and nudges to vaccination, such as lotteries and other prize-like mechanisms.
ISSN
1542-5177
Keywords
vaccine, hesitancy, anti-vaccine, vaccination, anti-vaccination, public health, misinformation, disinformation, polio, COVID-19, social media, nudge, prize, lottery, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, Davis v. Wyeth, Reyes v. Wyeth, Occupational Safety and Health Act
Disciplines
Health Law and Policy | Internet Law | Law | Law and Society