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Best Books to Help You Research Vaccines

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / July 26, 2017 / advocacy, autism, polio, recommendations, research, safety, smallpox, The Cutter Incident, vaccine books, Vaccine Education, vaccine hesitancy

If you were scared away from vaccinating your kids because of a book you read or something you saw on the Internet, consider reading a few of these vaccine books that are based on evidence, not fear.

Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated – Smallpox Edition

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / June 18, 2018 / delaying vaccines, graphs, history of the anti-vaccine movement, Leicester, smallpox, smallpox vaccine, unvaccinated, vaccinated vs unvaccinated, Vaccine Misinformation, variolation

Have you seen the photo of the two kids with smallpox, only one of which had severe disease? Can you guess which one was vaccinated?

Grave Reminders of Life Before Vaccines

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 18, 2018 / benefits, cognitive bias, epiglottitis, Hib, History of Vaccines, meningitis vaccines, natural immunity, Outbreaks, pest house, polio, polio eradication, polio survivor, pre-vaccine era, regret, smallpox, smallpox vaccine, survivorship bias, Walter Orenstein

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.

The Hospital Rock Engravings of Farmington, Connecticut

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 18, 2018 / antigen counts, eradication, History of Vaccines, inoculation, pre-vaccine era, quarantines, smallpox, smallpox epidemic, smallpox vaccine, variolation

Hundreds of people got safely inoculated against smallpox and left their names on Hospital Rock near Farmington, Connecticut just before Edward Jenner discovered the first smallpox vaccine.

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Best Books to Help You Research Vaccines

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