Between hope and fear : a history of vaccines and human immunity / Michael Kinch.
By: Kinch, Michael S [author.].
Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, ©2018Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.Description: xviii, 334 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781681777511.Subject(s): Vaccination -- History | Vaccines -- History | Immunization -- History | Communicable diseases -- Prevention -- History | Vaccination -- history | Immunization -- historyGenre/Form: Nonfiction. | Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-318) and index.
Pox romana -- Vaccination & eradication -- The wurst way to die -- Spreading like viruses -- A sense of humors -- Lost in translation -- Breathing easier -- Three little letters -- When future shocks become current affairs.
Presents an informed examination of the science of immunity, the public policy implications of vaccine denial, and the real-world outcomes of failing to vaccinate.