Vaccine controversies have been around for a lot longer than | Figure 1

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Vaccine controversies have been around for a lot longer than you might realize. Here's a cartoon from 1924 depicting the anti-vaccine movement leading Ignorance, Bigotry, Carelessness, Innocence off a cliff to smallpox.

The concept of vaccination is older than you might realize too!

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