SUDDENLY. WE LEARN MORE OF THE OUTBREAK
AND HOW THE ANTIVACCINE MOVEMENT
PLAYS A ROLE.
>> Reporter: VIEWS LIKE THIS ARE
POPPING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I AM AT THE OREGON STATE CAPITOL
WHERE HUNDREDS ARE PROTESTING
WHERE VACCINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
IN SCHOOL.
IN SCHOOL. THIS BILL, WE GET RID OF THEM.
THERE ARE LOOPHOLES.
THIS PROTEST IS NOT HAPPENING
AND SO IS THE LARGEST NATIONWIDE
LEGAL OUTBREAK IN 25 YEARS.
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?
A SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TELLS US
WHY THE MEASLES ELIMINATED IN
THE U.S. YEARS AGO.
WHY DID PEOPLE BELIEVE SOMETHING
THAT COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS
THAT?
THAT? >> THE GROUP THAT I KNEW THROUGH
FACEBOOK FOR NATURAL PARENTING
WERE ALL ANTIVACCINE.
DON’T DO THIS, YOUR KIDS COULD
DIE.
DIE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WITH MY CHILD HAS THIS
PROBLEM NOW, NOW THEY HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND AND
TWO KIDS.
TWO KIDS. >> WHAT WAS THE PROCESS FIGURING
OUT WHAT RESOURCES YOU ARE GOING
TO RELY ON?
>> I CHOSE MORE TO RELY ON
PEOPLE THAT SOUNDED LEGITIMATE
BECAUSE THE CDC, ALL THEIR
INFORMATION IS VERY
OVERWHELMING.
OVERWHELMING. >> IS IT INFORMATION OVER LOAD?
>> I THINK IT IS WAY TOO MUCH.
IT IS HARD TO SORT THROUGH WHAT
IS FACTS OR OPINION.
IF YOU ARE ON THE SIDE OF OKAY I
AM NOT GOING TO VACCINATE MY
KIDS, EVERYTHING THERE IS SAYING
YOU HAVE TO BE SKEPTICAL OF
EVERYTHING THE CDC SAYS.
IT IS EASIER AS A MOM TO TRUST
AS WOMAN THAN A WEBSITE.
>> TRUST IS IMPORTANT HERE, BUT
WHY WOULD SOMEONE NOT BELIEVE A
SOURCE LIKE THE CDC.
I MET UP WITH DAVID ROBERT.
>> HE STUDIES APISTHOMOLOGY.
>> IT ISWHY IS ITS LENS TRYING T
UNDERSTAND WHAT’S HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? >> WHAT’S HAPPENING IS THE LOST
OF TRUST IN AUTHORITIES WHICH
MEANS JUST WHO DO YOU TRUST TO
TELL YOU WHAT’S TRUTH.
>> HE’S RIGHT, OVER THE PAST FEW
DECADES, THE PUBLIC HAS LOST
CONFERENCE IN A HANDFUL OF
INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING MEDICINE.
>> AND THE MAINSTREAM
INSTITUTIONS WE TRUST YOU SEE
THESE SORT OF TRUST
ENTREPRENEURS GROWING ALL OVER
THE INTERNET TELLING THEIR OWN
STORIES FOR WHY THEY ARE THE
PROPER AUTHORITY AND WHY THE
MAINSTREAM AUTHORITY IS LYING TO
YOU, RIGHT?
YOU, RIGHT? >> YOU CHOOSE DO I BELIEVE THE
MAINSTREAM SOURCES OR DO I
BELIEVE THIS ALTERNATE SOURCE?
>> THESE ALTERNATE SOURCES ARE
NOT EXACTLY HARD TO FIND.
GOOGLE SEARCH, SHOULD I
VACCINATE MY CHILD.
THERE IS THE CDC BUT AFTER THAT,
TWO WEBSITES SKEPTICAL OF THE
VACCINE.
VACCINE. ONCE YOU GET IN THE INTERNET
WORLD WHERE EVERY AUTHORITY ON
THE SCENE LEVEL IS ARBITRARY.
>> WHEN YOU TRY TO DEBUNK THIS
STUFF, YOU JUST END UP
RE-ENFORCEMENT.
RE-ENFORCEMENT. IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN
CHANGE THEIR MIND IS A VOICE
FROM WITHIN.
FROM WITHIN. >> IT COMES BACK TO TRUST AND
WEEDING THEM OUT.
WHO’S GOING TO DO THAT?
>> WELL, SOME PEOPLE ARE OUT
THERE DOING THAT.
ONE OF THEM IS DR. JAY ROSEN
ROSENBURG.
ROSENBURG. >> HOW DO YOU AS A DOCTOR FEEL
WHEN YOU ARE SEEING THE GROWTH
OF THIS SKEPTICISM AND PEOPLE
BEING HESITANT.
BEING HESITANT. >> I AM FRUSTRATED.
MY HOPE IS PEOPLE WILL LEARN
FROM THEIR MISTAKES AND THEY’LL
SEE.
SEE. WHY IS MEASLES A THREAT AGAIN?
OUTBREAK STARTS AFTER SOMEONE
TRAVELS TO THE U.S. WITH THE
DISEASE.
DISEASE. THE COMMUNITY HAS A IMMUNIZATION
RATE OF 95%.
VACCINE COVERS HAVE FALLEN IN
CERTAIN AREAS MAKING OUTBREAK
MORE LIKELY.
MORE LIKELY. LOOK AT OREGON, IT HAS THE
HIGHEST VACCINE EXEMPTION RATES
IN THE COUNTRY.
THESE EXEMPTIONS ARE FUELLED BY
VACCINE
VACCINE VACCINE SKEPTICISM.
VACCINE SKEPTICISM. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A REAL
WORLD CONSEQUENCE OF THE
MISINFORMATION CRISIS.
MISINFORMATION CRISIS. IN THE WORLD OF SO MUCH
INFORMATION, WHAT IS IT THAT
CUTS THROUGH TO PEOPLE?
>> TELLING YOU STORIES.
WHEN I TELL A STORY OF A FAMILY
THAT I TOOK CARE OF WHO DIED OF
A COUGH IS A REAL REACTION.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FAMILY.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WOUND
THEY WERE IN.
THAT MAYBE DID NOT NEED TO DIE.
IT WAS PREVENTABLE.
>> DOCTOR ROSENBURG’S APPROACH
WORKED.
WORKED. >> HE DIDN’T JUDGE YOU.
THE REASON WE HAVE VACCINE
BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT’LL
DIE.
DIE. >> I STARTED THE SEE FROM THE
OTHER SIDE OF NO, I DON’T WANT
MY KIDS TO GET DISEASES AND BE
EXPOSED BECAUSE OF WEAKEN IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. >> THEY ARE NOW CAUGHT UP ON
THEIR SHOTS.
THEIR SHOTS. THAT’S NOT THE CASE FOR EVERY
KID.
KID. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, MY
MORNING IS AN ANTI-ADVOCATE.
DECEMBER OF 2018, DIETS.
>> THAT’S ETHAN BLOOM, HIS STORY
BLEW UP, HE ASKED HOW HE CAN GET
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. >> I WENT TO THE CDC AND I FOUND
THIS ARTICLE THAT SAYS VACCINE
DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM.
>> YOU WENT ONLINE.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE TAKE
AWAY FROM THE STORY?
>> I HAD PEOPLE CONTACTED ME WHO
WERE MOMS AND BECAUSE OF MY
STORY THEY SAW IS APPEALING.
I AM A REAL PERSON WITH A REAL
SITUATION.
SITUATION. THAT’S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
TELLING GOOD STORIES.
THINK ABOUT IT.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
CHANGE SOMEONE’S MIND SIMPLY BY
FACT CHECKING THEM OR VICE
VERSA.
VERSA. THAT’S MORE CONVINCING AS
FEELINGS.