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Falsehood flies and the truth comes limping after; so that when men come to be undeceived it is too late: the jest is over and the tale has had its effect.

— Jonathan Swift¹

Despite their success in the control and elimination of serious infectious diseases around the globe, vaccines are increasingly the focus of controversy rather than compliments. Concern about adverse effects — real and otherwise — has accompanied vaccines since the first uses of smallpox vaccine.² Yet skepticism about vaccines has flourished in our postmodern society, with its distrust of science, its increased attention to risk, and its . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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