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What Were the Biggest Vaccine Campaigns in History?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / January 19, 2021 / BCG vaccine scar, COVID-19 vaccine, diphtheria deaths, eradicated diseases, History of Vaccines, mass vaccination campaigns, measles outbreaks, polio eradication, polio outbreaks, polio survivor, rubella epidemic, smallpox eradication

The most ambitious mass vaccination campaign in history would include the highest risk people in all countries, not just the ones who can readily pay for a vaccine.

Which Diseases are Vaccine Preventable?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 20, 2017 / inactivated vaccines, live vaccines, MenB, Outbreaks, polio eradication, smallpox, travel vaccines, vaccine pipeline, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, vaccine types, Vaccines, yellow fever vaccine

There are many more vaccine preventable diseases that we are never routinely vaccinated against.

Is the Polio Vaccine Causing Polio Outbreaks in Africa?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 5, 2020 / Africa, Bobby Kennedy, cVPDV, OPV, polio eradication, polio outbreaks, Sudan, Vaccine Misinformation, wild polio

While we are still seeing outbreaks of polio caused by the vaccine in Africa, they are fortunately much less than the 75,000 kids who used to get paralyzed by wild polio each year in the pre-vaccine era.

January 18 – This Day in Vaccine History

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / January 18, 2020 / DPT defense, history, History of Vaccines, january 18, measles outbreaks, media, mortality rate, polio eradication, polio outbreaks, shaken baby syndrome, smallpox eradication, smallpox hospital, Stop Measles Day, vaccine scare stories

Too bad that most folks have forgotten that iseases that are now vaccine-preventable have long made headlines in the papers.

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What Were the Biggest Vaccine Campaigns in History?

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January 18 – This Day in Vaccine History

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