The Great Vaccinator
Radiolab
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Vaccine Trials - The Wild West Days of Immunization
Vaccines are kind of f the wild west days of vaccine making and research. To do a vaccine trial, now you have to sign a 15 page, single space consent form. We owe such a huge debt to the people of that west philadelphia area, the parents. They had to keep the records at home for what their children take their temperatures,. come in and go through all this annoying business. Glad they had to be inoculated to participate in what was regarded as a humanitarian quest. Boy, i will never forget that.
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