Although it doesn’t break any new ground, Shot in the Arm — a documentary that had its world premiere recently in Palm Springs — tackles a pertinent topic about resistance to vaccines and the craziness that continues to swirl around this issue. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy (The Garden, Food Evolution) and prominent scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson collaborated on the illuminating and sometimes depressing chronicle of anti-vax vehemence that began before Covid but took on deadlier implications during the pandemic.
Kennedy actually began working on the film in 2019, during a surprising uptick in cases of measles around the world. He found that the causes could be found in a growing resistance to vaccines, fueled by prominent people like environmental activist Robert Kennedy Jr. and TV personality Del Bigtree. Their primary argument, refuted by almost all prominent scientists, was that the measles vaccine led to cases of autism. Of course it was...
Kennedy actually began working on the film in 2019, during a surprising uptick in cases of measles around the world. He found that the causes could be found in a growing resistance to vaccines, fueled by prominent people like environmental activist Robert Kennedy Jr. and TV personality Del Bigtree. Their primary argument, refuted by almost all prominent scientists, was that the measles vaccine led to cases of autism. Of course it was...
- 1/19/2023
- by Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Jan. 19, 2020, a 35-year-old man showed up at an urgent-care clinic in Washington State, complaining of a cough and fever — symptoms that would soon worsen into what presented like a serious case of pneumonia. He’d just returned from Wuhan, China, where he had family. This man was the first U.S. case of Covid-19. “We in the virology community had a serious ‘I think we’re fucked’ moment in the first weeks of February 2020,” says Eric Bortz, a University of Alaska-Anchorage virologist and public-health expert. The first Covid death in the U.
- 5/5/2022
- by David Axe
- Rollingstone.com
Let me preface this by saying that vaccines are kind of my jam. My father is a doctor. I believe in science, not conspiracy theories. When a pediatrician has offered one of my kids a vaccine in the past, I have accepted that offer as I would a free upgrade or an extra hour’s sleep: immediately and gratefully. I knew that there were (miniscule) risks, of course, but also that those risks paled in comparison to the risks of the actual diseases the vaccines were preventing. Mumps sounds pretty dreadful,...
- 6/29/2021
- by Alex Morris
- Rollingstone.com
This week CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said adult deaths from Covid-19 are “at this point entirely preventable” due to the effectiveness of vaccines. And a new analysis from the AP confirms what Walensky said.
According to the analysis of government data from May, released on Thursday, out of the 18,000 Covid-19 deaths during the month, approximately 150 were fully vaccinated people. That comes out to 0.8 percent, or an average of five deaths per day out of more than 200 average daily deaths. At the height of the pandemic in January of this year,...
According to the analysis of government data from May, released on Thursday, out of the 18,000 Covid-19 deaths during the month, approximately 150 were fully vaccinated people. That comes out to 0.8 percent, or an average of five deaths per day out of more than 200 average daily deaths. At the height of the pandemic in January of this year,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
On Saturday, President Donald Trump fired off one of his most deranged, conspiratorial, and flat-out terrifying tweets since he took office — which at this point is really saying something.
“The deep state, or whoever, over at the Fda is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics,” he wrote. “Obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after November 3rd. Must focus on speed, and saving lives!”
The deep state, or whoever, over at the Fda is making it...
“The deep state, or whoever, over at the Fda is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics,” he wrote. “Obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after November 3rd. Must focus on speed, and saving lives!”
The deep state, or whoever, over at the Fda is making it...
- 8/24/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
As the measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in December continues to spread, public health experts are taking aim at parents who don't vaccinate their kids. With now 70 confirmed cases across six states and Mexico, experts say a lack of vaccination is to blame for the current outbreak. "We have a disease that is preventable, so why should children have to suffer?" says Dr. Paul Offit, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. But Offit believes the Disneyland outbreak may be a tipping point for some parents.
- 1/23/2015
- by Alexandra Zaslow, @alexandrazaslow
- PEOPLE.com
As the measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in December continues to spread, public health experts are taking aim at parents who don't vaccinate their kids. With now 70 confirmed cases across six states and Mexico, experts say a lack of vaccination is to blame for the current outbreak. "We have a disease that is preventable, so why should children have to suffer?" says Dr. Paul Offit, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. But Offit believes the Disneyland outbreak may be a tipping point for some parents.
- 1/23/2015
- by Alexandra Zaslow, @alexandrazaslow
- PEOPLE.com
The happiest place on earth is looking a little under the weather. Nine confirmed cases of measles have been linked to Southern California's Disneyland and its adjacent Disney California Adventure Park between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, according to the California Department of Public Health. Three more cases are suspected but not confirmed. The patients in the outbreak range in age from 8 months to 21 years old. Six of the nine confirmed cases involve individuals who were not vaccinated against the disease, though two of the babies were too young to have received their first inoculations. One person was fully vaccinated. Paul Offit,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
BNP Pictures Screen grab from “A Greater Good.”
A new documentary about childhood immunizations, “The Greater Good,” could intensify debate around the potential dangers of vaccines. The film, which premiered Saturday at the Dallas International Film Festival, aims to create “a rational discussion” about vaccine safety, according to producer and co-director Chris Pilaro, who worked previously as a producer on such Sundance documentaries as “Blue Vinyl” and “Everything’s Cool.”
Pilaro immediately rejects the notion that “The Greater Good” might be labeled “anti-vaccine.
A new documentary about childhood immunizations, “The Greater Good,” could intensify debate around the potential dangers of vaccines. The film, which premiered Saturday at the Dallas International Film Festival, aims to create “a rational discussion” about vaccine safety, according to producer and co-director Chris Pilaro, who worked previously as a producer on such Sundance documentaries as “Blue Vinyl” and “Everything’s Cool.”
Pilaro immediately rejects the notion that “The Greater Good” might be labeled “anti-vaccine.
- 4/3/2011
- by Anthony Kaufman
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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