The Enduring Anti-Vaccine Arguments: A Historical Perspective

Thomas Levenson's 'A Pox on Fools' Breaks Down the Persistent Claims

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Historian Thomas Levenson categorizes anti-vaccine arguments into three types—wrong, bad, and intolerable—tracing their persistence from the 18th century to the present, despite overwhelming evidence supporting vaccine efficacy and safety.

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