Herding Immunity

The Startling History of Life Before and After Vaccines

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Herding Immunity

The Startling History of Life Before and After Vaccines

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A look at the long history of vaccines, yesterday, today and still to come.
In Herding Immunity, Stacy Mintzer Herlihy explores the compelling history of vaccines and the equally long history of vaccination opposition. By connecting the contemporary anti-vax movement with its historical roots, Herlihy integrates modern conversations and reveals the profound impact vaccines have had on our society, highlighting the urgent need for societal change to ensure equitable vaccination for all.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Viruses Are Not Our Friends. They Hate Children And Everyone Else.
Chapter Two: They Bombed Cotton Mather’s House
Chapter Three: The Founding Fathers Were Intensely Pro Vaccine: You’d Be Too If You Had Children Die of Smallpox
Chapter Four: Summering With Polio: Life Before the Modern Childhood Vaccination Schedule
Chapter Five: The Cutter Incident and The Swine Flu Epidemic That Never Happened: Making Vaccines and Making the Occasional Mistake
Chapter Six: Maurice Hilleman and His Chickens Save Millions of People a Year
Chapter Seven: The Drive to the Pediatrician's Office is More Dangerous Than Any Vaccine
Chapter Eight: Some Vaccines are Profitable. Some Are Not. We Can Do a Better Job Providing Access to All of Them.
Chapter Nine: The Man Who Made Parenting Harder: The Story of Andrew Wakefield
Chapter Ten: Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Devoting His Life to Cheering On Preventable Diseases?
Chapter Eleven: The Anti Vaccination Industry Profits From Spreading Lies on Social Media
Chapter Twelve: A Vaccine For Type I Diabetes: Why We Might Have Cures For Diseases That Still Terrify Us Today
Chapter Thirteen: Vaccine Voices: Speaking Out For Public Health
Chapter Fourteen: Combating Vaccine Hesitancy And Applauding Those Who Go For It: How to Convince People Needless Suffering is a Truly Bad Idea
Chapter Fifteen: I Would Get This Vaccine in My Eyeball: How the COVID-19 Vaccine Rescued Us All
Chapter Sixteen: Diseases Don’t Stand Still. Neither Does Vaccine Science.
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author

Product details

Published 05 Nov 2024
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 280
ISBN 9781538175446
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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