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Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their families, infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a grinding halt. In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals,...

"When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a twentieth-century icon-a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with Gandhi and Churchill on lists of the most revered people....

The story of anti-vaccine activity in America, its origins, leaders, influences, and impact.

Many states require that, by the age of five, a child receive forty-five doses of fourteen vaccines, all with potential side effects. An alarming rise in autism may be connected to the MMR vaccine and the mercury found in several others. We may be overvaccinating our children today. Once considered a godsend, vaccines are now felt by some to be associated with dramatic increases in autism, asthma, diabetes, learning disabilities, and ADHD. Here is...

"After a vaccine accidentally creates superpowers in a small percentage of the population, seventeen-year-old Ciere, an illusionist, teams up with a group of fellow high-class, super-powered thieves to steal the vaccine's formula while staying one step ahead of mobsters and deadly government agents"--

Governments in Europe and North America have released data on COVID vaccines effects on people who took them. Screenshots of those pages back up the material in this book. Are the COVID vaccines safe? Do they meet the Bradford Hill causation criteria regarding reported health events following the vaccines? What happened in the Pfizer study? What happened in the animal studies? Colleen Huber, NMD is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor and medical...

In the 1900s, nearly 300 million people died from the smallpox disease. By 1980, after millions of people received the smallpox vaccine, smallpox had disappeared from the world. Find out more in Vaccines, a title in the Debating the Issues series.

The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Breathless is the story of SARS-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists who study its origin, its ever-changing nature, and its capacity to kill us. David Quammen expertly shows how strange new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt...

"Vaccination has been cited as the most effective method of preventing the spread of infectious disease, and it has been credited with the eradication of such horrendous and potentially lethal illnesses as smallpox and polio. This informative text, augmented by in-depth sidebars, annotated quotes from medical experts, detailed graphs, and full-color photographs, explores the history of vaccines and provides a clearer understanding of the debate over...