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From the Magazine — January 2, 2013, 10:05 am

The Class Politics of Vaccination

???Debates over vaccination, then as now, were often cast as debates over the integrity of science, though they could just as easily be understood as conversations about power.???

By Eula Biss

“Debates over vaccination, then as now, were often cast as debates over the integrity of science, though they could just as easily be understood as conversations about power.”

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Essay — From the January 2013 issue

Sentimental Medicine

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Why we still fear vaccines

By Eula Biss

Perspective — December 27, 2012, 9:00 am

On Vampire Capitalism and the Fear of Inoculation

Why efforts to contain disease are often seen as conspiracies to sell vaccines

By Eula Biss

Why efforts to contain disease are often seen as conspiracies to sell vaccines

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Why we don’t wipe out polio

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Can we vaccinate against polio?

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The new microbe inoculation. Chemistry of commerce (VIII)

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