Vaccine History
A now-retracted 1998 study falsely linked this childhood vaccine to autism, fueling widespread skepticism
What is the MMR vaccine?
A vaccine against this disease started the origin of vaccine skepticism and resistance.
What is smallpox?
An immortal line of cells
What is HeLa cells?
This US Secretary of Health and Human Services has been a spotlight of the vaccine debate in the United States, although claiming that he is not an anti-vaxer.
Who is RFK Jr?
The college is Prof. Atwood's son attending
What is Northeastern?
The 18th-century physician is credited with developing the first smallpox vaccine, sparking early skepticism about using cowpox material in humans
Who is Edward Jenner?
The age range that believes the least in vaccines.
What are people ages 18-29?
The treatment for syphillis
What is penicillin?
This COVID-19 vaccine, using a single-stranded genetic material, was new to the public and sparked both excitement and doubt.
What is mRNA vaccine (from Pfizer)?
The virus Prof. Atwood researches
What is Polyoma virus?
This town had a march in 1885 that consisted of over 80,000-100,000 protesters against vaccination policies in England
What is Leicester?
Name a specific factor or demographic of people linked to increased vaccine hesitancy.
What is education level or race? (other answers will be considered)
This particle is something viruses have that helps imitate an infection and produce antibodies.
What is an antigen?
This is the number of states that have taken action in response to the federal changes on vaccine policy
What are 26 states?
The concentration Ah-Young created
What is Computative Neuroscience?
The percentage of the population that has to be vaccinated against measles to maintain herd immunity
What is 90-95%?
Name a country where more than 28% of the population think vaccines are ineffective
What is Papua New Guinea, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Cameroon (and others)?
A virus that is treated with a live attenuated vaccine.
These are the two groups of people that the Covid-19 vaccine would no longer be recommended for as part of the new federal changes
What is healthy children and pregnant women?
The clothing store Mateen worked at
What is Lululemon?
The name of the journal in which Andrew Wakefield published his controversial study
What is the Lancet?
These are three effects that vaccine skepticism will cause in the future
What is delayed herd immunity, emergence of variants, and reemergence of diseases that have previously been controlled?
This cell in the immune system is part of both the innate and adaptive immune system.
What is the Natural Killer T-Cell?
All 17 members of this group were fired in early 2025. (full name)
What is the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)?
The year Prof. Atwood started working at Brown
What is 1995?