Mother and Child Discuss Vaccine Hesitancy and Conspiracy Theories | PBS NewsHour

At a time when misinformation is rampant, the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs is producing a series of conversations called “Moments of Truth” that explore why people believe false information and what causes them to change their minds. This is a story about a mother who hesitated to give her child a common childhood vaccine that fights against measles, mumps, and rubella.

Watch the video above to learn more, and then answer the discussion questions in the upper-right corner of this page.

This lesson was originally posted here on PBS NewsHour Classroom on October 5, 2022. Check out more resources at NewsHour Classroom.