Event
Vernissage | Vaccination: Fame, Fear and Controversy, 1798-1998
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 17:30to19:00
McLennan Library Building
Colgate Room, Rare Books and Special Collections, 4th floor, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA
Vaccination: Fame, Fear and Controversy, 1798-1998 explores the tension between the promised public-health benefits of vaccination and the reasons why resistance checked its acceptance.
Curators Cynthia Tang and Rob Boddice will both be in attendance and will each give a short talk at the vernissage:
“Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy” by Cynthia Tang
"'Too ignorant to be able to see their own ignorance:' Charles Darwin and other Evolutionists on the Vaccine Question" by Rob Boddice