
27. What Can Bin Laden Teach Us About Medicine?
Freakonomics, M.D.
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The Effect of the Vaccine Rust on Immunization
The researchers also looked to see if there were any increases in vaccine preventable diseases, specifically poleo. This is consistent with a particular rumor that was spreading at the time that baxcines were an attempt to sterilize moslim girls. Monica and her co author wrote that the effect may have tapered because of active work by vaccination workers and religious leaders to rebuild trust.
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