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History of Anti-Vaccination Movements

Critics of vaccination have taken various positions, including opposition to the smallpox vaccine in England and the United States in the mid to late 1800s.

Anti-vax: the history of a scientific problem - PMC

It is important to note that the anti-vaccination movement dates back to 1796 when the English doctor Edward Jenner introduced the smallpox vaccine. This ...

History of the Anti-Vax Movement - Verywell Health

The anti-vax movement may predate the development of the first vaccine. It likely originated during the 1700s, in response to the use of ...

Anti-vaccine activism - Wikipedia

Anti-vaccine activism, which collectively constitutes the "anti-vax" movement, is a set of organized activities proclaiming opposition to vaccination, ...

The long, strange history of anti-vaccination movements - Vox

So in 1853, the government made the vaccine mandatory. That, according to Durbach, was when the organized anti-vaccination movement began. Some ...

Confronting the evolution and expansion of anti-vaccine activism in ...

Anti-vaccine activists, who for many years spoke primarily to niche communities hesitant about childhood vaccinations, have used traditional and ...

The anti-vaccination movement - Measles & Rubella Partnership

The anti-vaccination movement has a long history, beginning in France in 1763 and continuing through to today.

THE HISTORY OF ANTI-VACCINATION - UNC School of Medicine

ANTI-VACCINATION SOCIETIES: THE FOUNDATION OF THE ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT. • VACCINATION ACT OF 1840 (ENGLAND) – OUTLAWED VARIOLATION ...

First anti-vaccine movement arose from smallpox mandate in England

In the early 19th century, British people finally had access to the first vaccine in history, one that promised to protect them from smallpox.

Tracing the Origins of the Anti-Vaccine Movement - The Decision Lab

The anti-vax movement has existed since Edward Jenner established the use of vaccines to treat smallpox.

COVID-19 anti-vaxxers use the same arguments from 135 years ago

... anti-vaccination movement. Over the past year, seemingly ... Looking at the history of these movements can help us understand why ...

The Anti-Vaccine Movement's New Frontier - The New York Times

The modern iteration of the anti-vaccine movement is often traced to 1998. That February, a group of doctors and scientists held a news ...

A history of the Anti-vaxxer movement - EurekAlert!

In "Anti-vaxxers" (on sale this month from The MIT PRESS), Jonathan Berman explores the phenomenon of the anti-vaccination movement, recounting ...

Vaccine hesitancy - Wikipedia

the scientific and medical consensus on the benefits of vaccination is clear and unambiguous; ^ "The Long History of America's Anti-Vaccination Movement".

The anti-vaccination movement that gripped Victorian England - BBC

The distrust of doctors and government that feeds the anti-vaccination movement might be seen as a modern phenomenon, but the roots of today's ...

The inherent racism of anti-vaxx movements - The Conversation

The intrinsic racism of anti-vaccination movements began with their historical origin in the 19th century. Inoculation originally referred ...

Tracing the origins of the anti-vaccine movement | PBS News

In a story for Retro Report, the NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green considers the roots of the vaccine debate.

Anti-vaccination movements in the world and in Brazil - SciELO

In 1998, England was again the center of anti-vaccination activities, presenting movements against the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The movement ...

Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement

In Anti-Vaxxers, Jonathan Berman explores the phenomenon of the anti-vaccination movement, recounting its history from its nineteenth-century antecedents to ...

The origins of 'one of the biggest frauds in the world' - BBC

In 1998, an obscure English doctor wrote a study that spawned the international anti-vaccination movement.