Crew
KM
Kate McMahon
Director
KM
Kate McMahon
Producer
JP
Jon Palfreman
Director
JP
Jon Palfreman
Producer
JP
Jon Palfreman
Writer
Cast
Anthony Fauci
Self
Jenny McCarthy
Self
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Self
JM
Jennifer Margulis
Self
Paul Offit
Self
The Vaccine War
201054m
Documentary
Public health scientists and clinicians tout vaccines as one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. But for many ordinary Americans vaccines have become controversial. Young parents are concerned at the sheer number of shots — some 26 inoculations for 14 different diseases by age 6 — and follow alternative vaccination schedules. Other parents go further. In communities like Ashland, Oregon, up to one-third of parents are choosing not to vaccinate their kids at all. This is the vaccine war: On one side sits scientific medicine and the public health establishment; on the other a populist coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians and activists.
