Vaccines Have Always Encountered Resistance Before Wide Acceptance

Nationalism, 'self-reliance' and fear of foreign 'machinations' have added a new element to the resistance against vaccines.

Anikendra Sen

Nationalism, 'self-reliance' and fear of foreign 'machinations' have added a new element to the resistance against vaccines.

vaccines have always encountered resistance before wide acceptance

A medical worker administers polio drops to an infant at a hospital during the pulse polio immunization programme in Agartala, India, January 18, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Jayanta Dey

This article has been withdrawn by the editors because it drew heavily on three previously published works, "The History of Vaccines", a website run by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, "A Brief History of Vaccines and Vaccination in India" by Chandrakant Lahariya [Indian Journal of Medical Research (April 2014)] and "‘Free’ Vaccines Aren’t Free Of The Foreign Hand" without acknowledging and attributing them in any way.

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