I guess I could say that I pursue questions that interest me in ways that interest me on the page, but that's awfully vague. Eula Biss guessinterestpage Change image and share on social
Babies born to women who are infected with hep B - and mothers can carry the virus without their knowledge - will almost certainly be infected if they are not vaccinated within twelve hours of birth. Eula Biss babybearbirth Change image and share on social
Our constitution got built around the idea of minority protection. Eula Biss buildconstitutionidea Change image and share on social
The risk of getting Hep B from a blood transfusion is a tiny number, but it's a bigger number than the risk of side effects from the vaccine. Eula Biss bigbloodeffect Change image and share on social
There's this tendency to think of the individual and the collective are somehow at odds or separate. But I think that's really false. We're all both. And when the individual suffers, the collective suffers, and vice versa. Eula Biss collectivefalseindividual share on social
In the 19th century, smallpox was widely considered a disease of filth, which meant that it was largely understood to be a disease of the poor. According to filth theory, any number of contagious diseases were caused by bad air that had been made foul by excrement or rot. Eula Biss 19thairbad share on social
My mother wrote poetry when I was young - I have an early memory of the sound of her typewriter - and my father told me inventive bedtime stories. Eula Biss bedtimeearlyfather Change image and share on social
I think there's a temptation to try to think of people who don't vaccinate as a homogenous community, but I'm not convinced that's true. I'm not even sure that the word 'community' is totally accurate there, you know. Eula Biss accuratecommunityconvince share on social
There's a cultural expectation that everyone will be immunized, in part to protect the entire population. When people refuse that expectation, they're indulging in a certain kind of political or social immunity. Eula Biss culturalentireexpectation share on social
A vaccine introduces a small amount or a tempered version of the virus into the body - just enough to that the body is able to recognize it and deal with it when it encounters it again in the future. Eula Biss amountbodydeal Change image and share on social
