I saw the same
Nova show, about vaccinations and the anti-vaxxers. I was disappointed that they didn’t talk much about the demographics of the antivax crowd ...or maybe I missed that part.
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assuming that if you are well read, then you should make your own decisions on everything?
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I was most surprised by the long story of vaccination
as a technique, which extends back into prehistoric times, across various regions of the globe. It’s not just something those crazy scientists invented in the lab
as part of a government plot.
It’s humbling to realize ...that in 1955 when the first Polio vaccine was introduced:
People probably would have happily accepted a 10% or 20% chance of side effects, or at least a much higher rate than we grudgingly accept today, for the privilege of being included in and benefitting from this miracle of modern medicine.
It was much more effective than any previously intensely prayed-for miracles, and it was coming for free from the government!
What a country! What a country there had been before!
What a country there once was.
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