TY  - BOOK
AU  - Biss,Eula
TI  - On immunity: an inoculation 
SN  - 9781555976897
AV  - RJ240 .B57 2014
U1  - 616.079 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Minneapolis, Minnesota
PB  - Graywolf Press
KW  - Biss, Eula
KW  - Vaccination of children
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Vaccination
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Immunity
KW  - Immune response
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202)
N2  - Examines the pervasive fears and myths surrounding vaccines from a mother's perspective and identifies the historical and cultural factors that cause people to doubt government regulations and the medical establishment; Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear: fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in children's food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding the conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. As she hears more and more fears about vaccines, Biss researches what they mean for her own child, her immediate community, America, and the world
ER  -