Vernissage | Vaccination: Fame, Fear and Controversy, 1798-1998
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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