VACCINATING (ebook)

01 If "Blossom," the cow that gave its name to vaccines, were to raise its horns, it wouldn't believe that in the 21st century there are still doubts about their safety. Edward Jenner's gardener's son and the intrepid Isabel Zendal would pull their hair out, and Louis Pasteur himself would die of rage. And if we've been vaccinating for two centuries, what are these doubts? What are vaccines? What is their history? What are their components? What diseases do they protect us from? Are they effective? Should we get vaccinated throughout our lives or only in childhood? Who should take special care? Who should we ask? What is herd immunity? Are the anti-vaxxers right? Here you have all the answers in black and white (and some color). A book that is an infallible vaccine against misinformation, a highly contagious and sometimes even deadly disease.