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From Jenner to Wakefield: The long shadow of the anti-vaccination movement

Professor Gareth Williams · Gresham College

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About

In 1998 a medical furore broke out when The Lancet published an article by Andrew Wakefield questioning the benefits of the MMR vaccination which was being given unquestioningly to children throughout the UK. Coming 202 years after the first vaccination by Edward Jenner, which led to the eradication of smallpox throughout the world, this recent incident is only the latest in a long history of questioning the benefits of vaccination.

The talk

  1. From Jenner to Wakefield: The long shadow of the anti-vaccination movement 2011-09-28 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Gareth Williams
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, History
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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