A review by karp76
On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss

4.0

This is a personal story. This is Biss' story. But also, this is a parent's story. It speaks more to the parent, mother or father, than the single person out there awash in the internet or arguing in some pub the stupidity of anti-vaxxers or the demonology of science. We want protection. Safety. Especially for our children. What lies in that syringe? Do we dare? Biss explores those fears, the fears of the parent, of the society, with special care and sensitivity. To vaccinate or not. What is disease? This ideas transcend us, yet involve each of us deeply. These ideas stretch back through history, through culture, weaving us all together. We must understand to accept. We must try and understand, both sides, with intelligence and tenderness if we truly we wish to tend and grow this garden we share.