Vaccination and its Historical Discontents - Livestream

Hesitancy and resistance to vaccination is more common than not in U.S. history. This talk will explain how and why public attitudes toward vaccination have changed over time, with an emphasis on the twentieth and twenty-first-century trends reflected in today’s vaccination debates and controversies.

Speaker: Professor Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment. Her research focuses on scientific controversies, science denial, and the public understanding of science. She is currently serving as Acting Dean of UC Berkeley Journalism.

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