Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines

Diseases that were largely eradicated forty years ago are returning. Across the world children are getting sick and dying from preventable conditions because nervous parents are skipping their children’s shots. And it’s not just kids: adults, too, are being hit hard. Yet the stories of vaccine reactions are frightening, with rare cases of people being damaged, even killed, by vaccines. How do we decide whether to vaccinate or not, and what are the real risks? Jabbed, made by 2012 Emmy Award-winning Australian documentary filmmaker Sonya Pemberton, traverses the globe to look at the real science behind vaccinations, and the real cost of opting out. Highlighting real cases, Jabbed tracks outbreaks of communicable diseases and demonstrates just how fast they can spread – and how many people can fall sick – when a community’s immunity barrier falls. The documentary also reveals cases where children have become ill after having routine inoculations. (Academia Film Olomouc)