A History of Vaccines and Anti-Vaxxers

Traces the history of anti-vaxxers, from 19th-century opposition to Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine to modern-day vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. Retired drug regulator and medical historian Anthony C. Cartwright tells the story of the anti-vaxxers, starting with objections by ‘Anti-Vacks’ to Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccine in the early 19th century, and then a propaganda war waged by the Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League and its successor from 1853 to 1972. There was political lobbying