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- Immunization : How Vaccines Became Controversial
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Publisher
Reaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
1780238371
ISBN-13
9781780238371
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234338957
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Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Immunization : How Vaccines Became Controversial
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Immunology, Preventive Medicine, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History, Medical
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Hardcover
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1.2 in
Item Length
9 in
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6 in
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Reaktion is rushing through this paperback on the history of vaccination given its topicality, and the message it can bring to anti-vaxxers. It looks at why growing numbers of parents are becoming opposed to vaccinating their children, and at the multinationals who now dominate vaccine development and production, arguing that globalization and healthcare deficiencies are eroding faith in the institutions producing and providing vaccines., Blume's Immunization is a clearly written, brilliant, and highly sophisticated look at the roots of the growing phenomenon of 'vaccine hesitancy.' He rejects the dominant, and superficial interpretation by public health officials of what is going on, and shows the reader what insights occur when you really stop and listen to what people are saying rather than assuming you already know what motivates them and pigeon-holing their supposed views into various unflattering categories., A much-needed historical analysis of the global dynamics in vaccine development and vaccination policies. . . . This is an important book, primarily because of its global perspective on the question how vaccines became controversial., While the book provides an interesting social history and an attempt to understand why people resist vaccinations, it also serves as a reminder that it's a privilege of the developed world to be able to approach a matter of public health and saving lives as a philosophical concern., From vaccine hesitancy to virulent anti-vaccine views, parents are questioning what used to be considered a triumph of public health--vaccines. As so often happens with debates on controversial issues, emotion often trumps information. . . . [ Immunization ] offer[s] refreshingly fact-based alternatives to the vitriol dominating the current conversation on vaccines. . . . From Cold War politics to neoliberal economics, Blume puts policy and advancement into a broader context in which public health sometimes takes a back seat to other, less noble concerns. His central argument, articulated in the final chapter, is that vaccine hesitancy is rooted in mistrust of the institutions that promote them--especially governments and pharmaceutical companies. . . . Readers who wish to be informed of the current debate and issues surrounding it will appreciate the clear, fact-based approach., Blume grapples with the hot-button topic of immunization programs and public resistance to them in this persuasive, challenging chronicle of how vaccines improved human health--and the pharmaceutical industry's bottom line. . . . Blume's crucial history illustrates that vaccines have saved countless lives, but they must win the confidence of those who don't recognize their universal benefit., Immunization provides great insight into the vaccination issue precisely because it avoids the easy generalizations made by partisans on either side. Blume more usefully points to the complexities and contradictions in the history and social dynamics of vaccination. He presents vaccination as a technology, and as just one of several approaches to promoting health, and thus to be judged in a wider context than a narrow calculation of benefits and risks. Immunization is essential reading for anyone who wants to get beyond the usual polarized positions in the vaccination debate., In his thought-provoking book, Blume carefully explains how exactly vaccines protect the human body, before going on to explore the worrying phenomenon that has come to be dubbed 'vaccine hesitancy'--the reluctance of some parents to have their children vaccinated., Blume's latest book is a timely political intervention into the vaccination debate. He expertly summarizes the history of vaccine technology and vaccination policy to explain how and why certain publics have questioned the need to vaccinate themselves or their children. The author outlines the role of public and private institutions, the dynamics between the global north and south, and implores all those with a stake in public health to work to restore trust in vaccination systems. . . . Anyone studying the history of vaccination should read this book. It provides both an excellent summary of the history and a powerful political argument to begin further discussion., This is an important, comprehensive, and pathbreaking book. Eschewing simplistic, unipolar notions of the planning and delivery of international health, it places the history and contemporary provision of immunization on a truly global scale. This is a study that looks at all facets of a complex subject, where the troubled birth and expansion of the use of vaccines is examined thoroughly and fairly. This is scholarship at its richest, which reminds us all about the dangers of technological determinism in all matters of public health. A must read for academic, government, and international health agency audiences, especially those committed to the equitable introduction of vaccines around the world on the basis of careful and transparent consultations with target societies.
Table Of Content
1. What do Vaccines do? 2. Technologies: The First Vaccines 3. Technologies: Viral Challenges 4. Technologies: The Commodification of Vaccines 5. Policies: Hesitant Beginnings 6. Policies: Vaccination and the Cold War 7. Policies: Vaccination in a Globalizing World 8. The Roots of Doubt References Additional Reading Acknowledgements Index
Synopsis
One of the most important tools in the public health arsenal, vaccines are to thank for the global eradication of smallpox, and for allowing us to defeat the dire threat of infectious disease for more than one hundred years. Vaccine development is where scientists turn when faced with the frightening spread of new diseases like Zika, SARS, and Ebola. So if vaccines have proven to be such an effective tool, why are growing numbers of people questioning the wisdom of vaccinating children? Why have public-sector vaccine producers almost vanished? And can we trust the multinational corporations that increasingly dominate vaccine development and production? In this highly original and controversial new book, Stuart Blume argues that processes of globalization and unmet healthcare needs are eroding faith in the institutions producing and providing vaccines. He brings together short, readable histories of immunization practices over the past century, from the work of early pioneers such as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch to the establishment of the World Health Organization and the introduction of genetic engineered vaccines. Focusing on today's "vaccine hesitancy," the book exposes the inadequacies of public health persuasion, and discusses what will be needed to restore parents' confidence. This is a timely history, one that not only sheds new light on the origins of our global vaccine crisis, but also points a way forward., As the world pins its hope for the end of the coronavirus pandemic to the successful rollout of vaccines, this book offers a vital long view of such efforts--and our resistance to them. At a time when vaccines are a vital tool in the fight against COVID-19 in all its various mutations, this hard-hitting book takes a longer historical perspective. It argues that globalization and cuts to healthcare have been eroding faith in the institutions producing and providing vaccines for more than thirty years. It tells the history of immunization from the work of early pioneers such as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch through the eradication of smallpox in 1980, to the recent introduction of new kinds of genetically engineered vaccines. Immunization exposes the limits of public health authorities while suggesting how they can restore our confidence. Public health experts and all those considering vaccinations should read this timely history., Vaccines have helped mankind to tackle the dire threat of infectious disease for more than a hundred years. They have become key tools of public health and scientists are charged with developing them as quickly as possible to combat the emergence of new diseases such as Zika, SARS, and Ebola. But why are growing numbers of parents all over the world now questioning the wisdom of having their children vaccinated? Why have public-sector vaccine producers been sold off? And can we trust the multinational corporations that increasingly dominate vaccine development and production? In this controversial new book, Stuart Blume argues that the processes of globalisation and people's unsatisfied healthcare needs are eroding faith in the institutions producing and providing vaccines. He tells the history of immunization practices, from the work of early pioneers such as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch to the establishment of the World Health Organization and the introduction of genetic engineering. Immunization exposes the limits of public health authorities while suggesting how they can restore our confidence. Public health experts and all those considering vaccinations should read this timely history.
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