“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” —Isaac Asimov
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Vaccinated
I just started reading Paul Offit’s book Vaccinated: From Cowpox to mRNA, the Remarkable Story of Vaccines, which is about Maurice Hilleman and how he created nine of the main vaccines in use today. It’s a great read, and in the third chapter Offit delves into some of the history of vaccines and what Hilleman learned … Continue reading Vaccinated