Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History

Physician Suzanne Humphries and researcher Roman Bystrianyk revisit the history of infectious disease in the 19th and 20th centuries using old medical journals, mortality statistics and contemporary accounts. They argue that the steep fall in deaths from diseases such as smallpox, measles and whooping cough owed more to improvements in sanitation, nutrition and living conditions than to vaccines, a thesis that runs contrary to mainstream medical consensus.

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Joe Rogan: ““Dissolving Illusions” is a really great book.”