Wednesday, April 1, 2015

On Immunity by Eula Biss


Why would someone take medical advice from Jenny McCarthy?  Eula Biss argues that our conceptions of immunity are incredibly fluid and evolving.  McCarthy fits into this larger pattern.


  • Biss describes how as a new parent she was torn between the two sides of the vaccination debate.
  • The text is an thorough exploitation of how health and immunity have been conceptualized in modern history, and the baggage of these ideas carry with them.
  • No side is safe.  Biss isn't firmly on one side of the debate, but instead takes a level-headed.

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