Reply to Betsch et al.: Highlighting risks of diseases shifts vaccine attitudes

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61802; horne2@illinois.edu.
² Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61802;

Comment

Zachary Horne et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015.

. 2015 Dec 8;112(49):E6727.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517936112. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61802; horne2@illinois.edu.
² Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61802;

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Countering antivaccination attitudes.
Horne Z, Powell D, Hummel JE, Holyoak KJ. Horne Z, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Aug 18;112(33):10321-4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1504019112. Epub 2015 Aug 3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26240325 Free PMC article.
Don't try to convert the antivaccinators, instead target the fence-sitters.
Betsch C, Korn L, Holtmann C. Betsch C, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Dec 8;112(49):E6725-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516350112. Epub 2015 Nov 23. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26598650 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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1. Horne Z, Powell D, Hummel JE, Holyoak KJ. Countering antivaccination attitudes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2015;112(33):10321–10324. - PMC - PubMed
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