A History of Vaccines and their Opponents
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A History of Vaccines and their Opponents

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A History of Vaccines and their Opponents

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The coronavirus pandemic that began in 2019 brought to the fore the presence of a significant minority of individuals who strongly oppose vaccination. This opposition is by no means recent. Ever since the very first attempts to immunize individuals, opposition has been intense in some societies. The reasons for this opposition range from religious to political to medical. Although vaccines have eliminated smallpox and largely eliminated polio and measles, opposition to vaccination persists and, in some countries, has grown stronger. A History of Vaccines and Their Opponents seeks to describe the history of this opposition as well as its changing rationale over the years and in different societies. The discussion may ultimately provide some suggestions for reducing hesitancy in the future.

  • Demonstrates vaccine hesitancy is not new and is widespread around the world
  • Presents the history of the opposition to immunization
  • Provides counterarguments to the opposition today

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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780443134333
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. How vaccines work
  8. Chapter 2. Medical science at the beginning of the 18th century
  9. Chapter 3. Variolation: the early years in Britain and Europe
  10. Chapter 4. Variolation in New England
  11. Chapter 5. Variolation and American independence
  12. Chapter 6. The introduction of vaccination in Britain and Europe
  13. Chapter 7. The introduction of vaccination to America
  14. Chapter 8. Making vaccination compulsory in Britain and Europe
  15. Chapter 9. Vaccine mandates in the United States
  16. Chapter 10. Anti-inoculation and anti-vaccination riots
  17. Chapter 11. The Supreme Court weighs in
  18. Chapter 12. The rise of anti-vaccine societies in Britain
  19. Chapter 13. Anti-vaccination movements in the United States and Canada
  20. Chapter 14. Medical liberty and vaccination
  21. Chapter 15. Developments and dead ends in immunology
  22. Chapter 16. Antibacterial vaccines and their opponents
  23. Chapter 17. Polio vaccines and their opponents
  24. Chapter 18. Measles, mumps, and rubella: three contentious virus diseases
  25. Chapter 19. Safety and sexual promiscuity: hepatitis B, human papilloma virus, and influenza vaccines
  26. Chapter 20. COVID-19: politics and disinformation
  27. Chapter 21. Religious objections to vaccination
  28. Chapter 22. Rational hesitancy: situations where hesitancy is and was appropriate
  29. Glossary
  30. Index