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Just a note, anti-vaccine sentiment has been around forever. Even Benjamin Franklin encountered it while he was still alive; in his autobiography he writes of
by patrickgzill 16y ago
Just a note, anti-vaccine sentiment has been around forever.
Even Benjamin Franklin encountered it while he was still alive; in his autobiography he writes of his view:
"In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen."
- lkrubner 16y agoA minor technical point, but in your quote, Benjamin Franklin is not referring to a vaccine. He is talking about variolation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation He refers to the year 1736. Edward Jenner's first test of his vaccine occurred on On 14 May 1796, when Jenner inoculated James Phipps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner