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Anti-vaxxers: admitting that vaccinology is an imperfect science may be a better way to defeat sceptics

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Anti-vaxxers: admitting that vaccinology is an imperfect science may be a better way to defeat sceptics
Anti-vaxxers: admitting that vaccinology is an imperfect science may be a better way to defeat sceptics
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:10:02 EST
Around the world, vaccines are in retreat, shunned by populations who, for the most part, have never been exposed to the diseases that blighted or shortened the lives of their grandparents' generation. But with the possible exception of quinine – for centuries the only treatment for malaria – and antibiotics, vaccines have saved more lives than any other intervention in medical history.