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Vaccine
The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
Book • 2007
This book juxtaposes the stories of brilliant scientists with the industry's struggle to produce safe, effective, and profitable vaccines.
It focuses on the role of military and medical authority in the introduction of vaccines and explores why some parents have resisted vaccination.
The narrative covers historical events such as the introduction of smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston and recent controversies like the lawsuits filed by parents convinced that vaccines caused their children's autism.
With narrative grace and investigative journalism, Arthur Allen sheds new light on changing notions of health, risk, and the common good.
It focuses on the role of military and medical authority in the introduction of vaccines and explores why some parents have resisted vaccination.
The narrative covers historical events such as the introduction of smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston and recent controversies like the lawsuits filed by parents convinced that vaccines caused their children's autism.
With narrative grace and investigative journalism, Arthur Allen sheds new light on changing notions of health, risk, and the common good.
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Rund Abdelfatah as the author of the book "Vaccine, the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver."
Rund Abdelfatah as the author of the book "Vaccine, the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver."
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The Anti-Vaccine Movement
Mentioned by Hannah Rosen as the author of the book "Vaccine", which details the history and controversies surrounding vaccines.
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How Fragile Is Our Vaccine Infrastructure?
Mentioned as an exhaustive history of vaccines that takes the concerns of anti-vaxxers seriously.
Brief: Vaccination, a Delusion?
