Vaccines: Panaceas or Poisons

from McGill Podcasts » Mini-Science · host Cody Rei-Anderson

Vaccines are among the crowning achievements of medical science yet many are convinced that vaccination can cause autism and autoimmune diseases — even death. The most virulent opponents believe that vaccines are the sharp end of a global conspiracy. How did we get to this polarized state?

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Vaccines are among the crowning achievements of medical science yet many are convinced that vaccination can cause autism and autoimmune diseases -- even death. The most virulent opponents believe that vaccines are the sharp end of a global conspiracy. How did we get to this polarized state? [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/scienceandtechnology/P100308MSWard.m4v" image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2010/09/Ward.jpg" /]

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