Vaccines: Are they Worth a Shot?

• Main Author: Grignolio, Andrea (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Copernicus, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Medicine .; Health.; Vaccines.; Health promotion.; Medical education.; Immunology.; Medicine-History.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Vaccine.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Medical Education.; History of Medicine.

The dangerous decline in vaccinations in many developed countries is at the heart of a lively debate that confirms how important the subject is today. Vaccinations are among mankind's most important scientific discoveries, yet they continue to be viewed with suspicion by part of the public - th...

Table of Contents:

• The parents of unvaccinated children
• A brief history of the anti-vaccination movements
• Web alarms: autism, mercury and immune overload
• The antivax "experts": five ways to recognize them
• Past, present, and future of vaccines
• Conclusions.