The killing of Osama Bin Laden and family members included one setback — the credibility of vaccinators. As one of the thousands who served in the World Health Organization’s smallpox eradication campaign decades ago, I experienced over and over the resistance, especially of rural women, to vaccination. So, my heart sank when I considered how this ruse would limit subsequent vaccination campaigns, including those against polio. While my short-lived work in public health was long ago, today’s resistance to a … (read more)
