It takes the average reader 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Arthur Allen
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"A timely, fair-minded and crisply written account."—New York Times Book Review Vaccine juxtaposes the stories of brilliant scientists with the industry's struggle to produce safe, effective, and profitable vaccines. It focuses on the role of military and medical authority in the introduction of vaccines and looks at why some parents have resisted this authority. Political and social intrigue have often accompanied vaccination—from the divisive introduction of smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston to the 9,000 lawsuits recently filed by parents convinced that vaccines caused their...
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Arthur Allen is 542 pages long, and a total of 136,584 words.
This makes it 183% the length of the average book. It also has 167% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 26 minutes to read Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver aloud.
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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