Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Childhood Vaccines Are Important to Public Health US Department of Health and Human Services 10
2 Governments Force Children to Get Vaccinated Christina England 17
3 The Childhood Vaccine Schedule Is Safe Institute of Medicine 26
4 The Childhood Vaccine Schedule Is Unsafe Neil Z. Miller 33
5 Vaccination Choice Is an Individual Right Mary Holland 39
6 The Anti-Vaccine Movement Disregards the Great Success of Vaccines Yoo Jung Kim 44
7 Vaccine Exemptions Must Be Protected Joseph Mercola 51
8 Widespread Vaccine Exemptions Messing with Herd Immunity John Timmer 62
9 Mandatory Vaccinations for Health-Care Workers Are Effective Czarina Biton 66
10 Mandatory Vaccinations for Health-Care Workers May Not Be Effective Merrill Goozner 74
11 Forcing Flu Shots on Health Care Workers: Who Is Next? Barbara Loe Fisher 78
12 HPV Vaccinations Should Be Given to All Adolescent Girls Kristin Klein Sherry Luedtke 89
13 HPV Vaccinations Should Not Be Mandatory Susan M. Haack 97
Organizations to Contact 66
Bibliography 111
Index 115