The first half of the 20th century saw the mass implementation of indoor plumbing which decimated the incidence of polio by over 90% (polio is spread by infected feces). It also saw the mass spread of grocery stores which boosted the natural immune system of the population with better nutrition and reduced disease. Most of these "vaccine preventable diseases" were already reduced by over 90% by the time vaccines were introduced.
From my reading, the polio epidemic was due to the widespread use of mercury as a teething treatment (they called it teething paralysis). At the end of the 1800s, they started using pesticides in earnest. Forrest Maready gives an amazing account of all of this in his book, The Moth in the Iron Lung. I just found stuff on twitter that brings this to the fore. If you're interested, https://twitter.com/forrestmaready/status/1005130766160887808?lang=fi . They've ALWAYS lied about this stuff; it's very lucrative, to say the least.
The first half of the 20th century saw the mass implementation of indoor plumbing which decimated the incidence of polio by over 90% (polio is spread by infected feces). It also saw the mass spread of grocery stores which boosted the natural immune system of the population with better nutrition and reduced disease. Most of these "vaccine preventable diseases" were already reduced by over 90% by the time vaccines were introduced.
From my reading, the polio epidemic was due to the widespread use of mercury as a teething treatment (they called it teething paralysis). At the end of the 1800s, they started using pesticides in earnest. Forrest Maready gives an amazing account of all of this in his book, The Moth in the Iron Lung. I just found stuff on twitter that brings this to the fore. If you're interested, https://twitter.com/forrestmaready/status/1005130766160887808?lang=fi . They've ALWAYS lied about this stuff; it's very lucrative, to say the least.
This as well: https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/ext/dw/101502128/PDF/101502128.pdf
This!
Iiiiinteresting....