My own thinking is often clarified and extended by talking with students. Eula Biss clarifyextendstudent Change image and share on social
Herd immunity is, it turns out, not incredibly easy to understand. It took me quite a bit of reading before I fully grasped it. But understanding herd immunity is essential to understanding why we vaccinate the way we do. Eula Biss biteeasyessential share on social
Imagine the action of a vaccine not just in terms of how it affects a single body, but also in terms of how it affects the collective body of a community. Eula Biss actionaffectbody Change image and share on social
The belief that public health measures are not intended for people like us is widely held by many people like me. Public health, we assume, is for people with less - less education, less-healthy habits, less access to quality health care, less time and money. Eula Biss accessassumebelief share on social
I guess I could say that I pursue questions that interest me in ways that interest me on the page, but that's awfully vague. Eula Biss guessinterestpage Change image and share on social
I think that protecting children at the age where they're most vulnerable against diseases that are highly contagious is prudent. Eula Biss agechildcontagious Change image and share on social
Yes, there's a higher rate of people living below the poverty line who aren't vaccinated. But it's much rarer for that to be a product of choice than a product of circumstance. Eula Biss choicecircumstancehigh Change image and share on social
As for mercury, a child will almost certainly get more mercury exposure from her immediate environment than from vaccination. This is true, too, of the aluminum that is often used as an adjuvant in vaccines to intensify the immune response. Eula Biss adjuvantaluminumchild share on social
There's a lot of essay writing that could pass for journalism and journalism that could pass for essay. Some of it is just taxonomy. Eula Biss essayjournalismlot Change image and share on social
On the pro-vaccine side - and not everyone does this, but I saw it enough for it to make me really uncomfortable - is a tendency to accuse people who are wary of vaccination of being stupid and not understanding science. Eula Biss accusemakepeople share on social
