This is great. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia has launched a site on The History of Vaccines. I've been poking around, and there's an incredible amount of stuff to check out. They have a nice FAQ, Top 20 questions about vaccination, as well as some great activities (herd immunity! learn about Koch's postulates! understand the relative risk of vaccination versus other events!) and a metric fuckton of articles and images. Looks to be a fantastic resource for students, and for anyone interested in understanding vaccination.
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It is a metric fuckton! Cool.
Thanks for the heads up. Very cool site indeed.
Pity it's all in flash. Will have to save it for when I get home.
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atheists, we're gonna cut off your heads...
THE HIGH PRICE OF REVOLUTION
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With global warming and the upheavals that it will bring with storms, droughts, famines, and consequent wars, do you think we've lost the chance to eradicate measles?