Forgetting the pre-vaccine era and the benefits of vaccines makes folks susceptible to anti-vaccine talking points and scares them away from vaccinating and protecting their kids.
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Fifteen people died in Plano, Texas in 1895, even though a smallpox vaccine was available at the time that could have prevented this and most other smallpox outbreaks and epidemics. Tragically, the fight against its use mirrors much of what we see in today’s anti-vaccine movement.
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All vaccines are safe and effective, but if you had to rank them, the original smallpox vaccine would be the most dangerous because it has the most side effects.
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Alfred Russel Wallace, a prominent naturalist and co-discoverer of natural selection along with Charles Darwin, notably became involved in the late 19th-century antivaccination movement. Despite the influence of figures such as Darwin, Wallace’s advocacy for antivaccination caused him to be eclipsed in history. His legacy is tarnished by his involvement in lost causes and his misinterpretation of vaccination.
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