Comments on: Next on the Google U Curriculum: YouTube Vaccine Videos

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:47:59 +0000

Thanks for the stats—-I continue to stick with more traditional sources in my own classroom.

By: Club 166

Club 166 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:38:21 +0000

The December 5, 2007 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) contains a “Research Letter” detailing a study of YouTube videos concerning vaccination.

The authors identified 153 YouTube videos that dealt with vaccination. Somewhat amazingly, 73 were considered “positive”, 49 were considered “negative”, and 31 were classified as “ambiguous”.

Not so surprisingly, of the 14 that dealt with “Thimerosol-Immunization”, 12 purported that “Thimerosol can cause autism”

Joe

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:29:47 +0000

Ah, but YouTube is a breeding ground for the opposite as well: Its “posautive” group has numerous “anti-curebie” videos.

The nice thing about getting advanced degrees from Google U is that you can eventually uncover lots of different viewpoints, if you are willing to spend the time sifting through all the junk!