Vaccination a Delusion: Its Penal Enforcement a Crime / Proved by the Official Evidence in the Reports of the Royal Commission

Name: Vaccination a Delusion: Its Penal Enforcement a Crime / Proved by the Official Evidence in the Reports of the Royal Commission
Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

By Alfred Russel Wallace

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The author contends that compulsory vaccination is ineffective and unjust, critiques the reliability and interpretation of official reports and statistics used to justify it, and argues that improvements in sanitation and living conditions account for declines in infectious disease. He reviews government data and published inquiries, highlights experiments and comparative mortality figures he considers discrediting to vaccination, and urges legislators and the public to repeal penal enforcement and to reassess policy on the basis of verified evidence.

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Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, and biologist, best known for independently formulating the theory of evolution through natural selection, a concept he presented alongside Charles Darwin. His extensive travels in the Amazon and the Malay Archipelago provided him with rich insights into biodiversity and biogeography, which he documented in works such as "A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro." Wallace also contributed to various fields, including entomology and anthropology, and was an advocate for spiritualism later in life, as reflected in his book "A Defence of Modern Spiritualism." His legacy endures in the realms of science and literature, marking him as a pivotal figure in the history of evolutionary thought.