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Article: Alfred Russel Wallace's campaign to nationalize land: how Darwin's peer learned from John Stuart Mill and became Henry George's ally.(Special Issue: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Henry George)
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- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
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Alfred Russel Wallace would have bolted upright to see a 1987 article on side-effects of vaccination. Pierce Wright, Science Editor of The London Times, reported that a WHO researcher found smallpox vaccination to be spreading AIDS in Africa (11 May 1987).
One hundred years ago, Wallace (1823-1913) had questioned what he saw as the uncritical vogue for smallpox vaccination, chic and "scientific" in his day. He analyzed data to show it was likely to do more harm than good, and publicized his claims. For this "political incorrectness" he was attacked and ridiculed. Whether he was right then, or now, is not the present subject nor my expertise. It just shows the kind of ...