BELIEFS IN VACCINE: SCIENCE'S STRUGGLE AGAINST RESISTANCE

Abstract

It is estimated that the emergence of vaccines dates back to the 18th century, and their importance lies in the transformation they made possible for medicine and the world. Before them, the number of deaths, the fact that before they existed, people died from disease was significantly higher. Vaccines, are an important means of containing disease. However, however, infectious diseases continue to figure in humanity. Social contagion can be compared to biological contagion, creating unique scientific obstacles with relevant impacts on public health. The movement of refusal of vaccines is reported from time to time throughout history. There were several anti-vaccination movements, such as the Vaccination Revolt, which took place in 1904. Unreal or distorted beliefs may be able to explain and lead to behavior of risk in health and propagation of , spreading ideas without scientific foundations on how to have immunity to some types of diseases. Health belief models will be linked to people's attitudes towards health and motivation to seek medical care in case of illness. When public people connected to social networks, such as public authorities or celebrities, suggest that vaccination brings some kind of risk, the repercussion of this fact can have a high power, such statements can be accentuated, dissemination through social networks and favoring situations of fall in vaccine coverage and increasing the number of people who may be vulnerable to infection. In this direction, and social contagion has a direct influence on biological contagion.Key words: beliefs, vaccines, social contagion, vaccine refusal.