Vaccines: 200 Years of Progress-And Skepticism

Still, four in ten Americans and six in ten French say they will not be vaccinated against the virus, even if the shots are free.

We look at the history of vaccines over the last two centuries, and skepticism about vaccines is not far away.

-1796: Eureka! -Fatal and highly contagious smallpox is transmitted through open pain that has injured millions of people for centuries, until British doctor Edward Jenner noticed the milkmaid. And devastated the population WHO Cowpox does not become smallpox.

In 1796 he inoculates a child with a harmless version of the disease to stimulate the immune response. Despite repeated exposure, the child never gets sick. Vaccination is born.

-1853: Smallpox Policy-Smallpox vaccine was mandated by all British children in 1853, which causes an immediate repulsion. Many disagree for religious reasons or consider policy to violate individual liberties.

A conscience clause was added to the law in 1898, allowing people to opt out.

1885: Pasteur and Rabies-French scientist Louis Pasteur has developed a rabies vaccine from a better strain of the disease. It looks successful when he gives it to a child bitten by a rabies dog. However, vaccine skeptics have accused Pasteur of trying to develop “laboratory rabies” to increase profits.

-1920s: tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus-Vaccines against typhoons were developed at the end of the 19th century, followed by some important shots in the 1920s: 1921 Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis , Shot against diphtheria in 1923, tetanus in 1926, pertussis in 1926.

Aluminum-containing agents were first used in vaccines to improve efficiency in the 1920s. This is a component that later raises skepticism about vaccines, especially in France.

-1944: Influenza Vaccine-The first vaccine campaign against seasonal flu was developed each year in 1944-45 for US soldiers fighting in Europe.

In the 1950s, when polio vaccination was a US government priority, megastar Elvis Presley took a shot at the Golden Time “Ed Sullivan Show” and left himself to the cause.

In the 1970s, the campaign to inoculate Americans against a devastating strain of swine flu ceased, but the pandemic did not materialize and about 450 vaccinated people unnecessarily developed Guillain-Barré syndrome. It can develop and cause paralysis. The incident continues to fuel skepticism about vaccines.

-1980: Smallpox wiped out-The last natural case of smallpox was diagnosed in Somalia on October 26, 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) reported in 1989 thanks to a global vaccination campaign. Declared that the disease was formally eradicated.

A similar campaign to eradicate polio was a huge success and wiped it out in Africa. The disease has been prolonged in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as some religious leaders claim the shot is a plan to sterilize Muslim children.

-1998: Fake research, actual damage-First-class research was published in 1998 Lancet Medical journals MMR (Measles, mumps, rubella) Vaccines and autism.

However, its main planks were tampered with by the author Andrew Wakefield, who was later locked out of the profession. Nevertheless, the uncovered research is still cited by “anti-boxers.”

-2009: The H1N1-Failure-the outbreak of H1N1- or swine flu in 2009-has sounded alarms around the world. Although associated with the infamous 1918 flu strain, the effects of the virus are much less, killing only 18,500 people.

Waste from millions of unused vaccines raises criticism of the response to the WHO outbreak.

In addition, Sweden, where more than 60% of the population was vaccinated, was traumatized when hundreds of people who received the jab were later diagnosed with narcolepsy.