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Is there any evidence anti-vaccine and homeopathy movements are bigger than they were in the past? Google Trends suggests homeopathy is up a bit recently, but

Is there any evidence anti-vaccine and homeopathy movements are bigger than they were in the past? Google Trends suggests homeopathy is up a bit recently, but way down from its pre-internet peak. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=homeopathy https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=homeopat...

mschuster91 9y ago
> Is there any evidence anti-vaccine and homeopathy movements are bigger than they were in the past? I'm talking about Germany here as I can't really speak for the US, where from 2011 to 2013 prescriptions rose 3.8% and OTC sales went up 23% (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hom%C3%B6opathie#Bundesrepublik_Deutschland_ab_1990 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hom%C3%B6opathie#Bundesrepubli...). As for antivaxers, Europe as a whole has a huge measles problem which has risen in the last years (http://theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-sudden-rise-in-measles-deaths-in-europe-80909 http://theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-sudden-rise-in-m...).