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There's been a rise globally in suspicion about the potential harm done by vaccines. Many blame social media for this rise, and it's tempting to think that such beliefs are relatively modern, dating back to the now-discredited work of Andrew Wakefield in the 1990s which tried to link the MMR vaccine to autism in children. But fear of vaccines is far from new – and new forms of media have fanned the flames before, according to Sally Frampton. When smallpox vaccination began in the late 18th century, it was commonly believed that it could cause cow horns to sprout from children.
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Sally Frampton, University of Oxford
Anti-vaccinators today echo 200-year-old debates.
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Health + Medicine
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Marc-Antoine De La Vega, Université Laval
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David Moyes, King's College London; Victoria Carr, King's College London
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Arts, Culture and Society
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Chris Thurman, University of the Witwatersrand
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Nick Chater, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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En Français
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Caroline Azad, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Le combat des sportives iraniennes pour leur droit à participer aux compétitions de leur choix et dans la tenue de leur choix s’inscrit dans un mouvement d’émancipation plus large.
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Anne Goffard, Université de Lille
Enfant, on est souvent enrhumé, parce que notre système immunitaire n’a pas rencontré assez de virus pour apprendre à s’en défendre. Mais on peut aussi s’enrhumer adulte au contact d’un nouveau virus.
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En español
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Steven C Y Kuo, University of Pretoria
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