The Role of Vaccination and Sanitation in Increasing Life Expectancy

Improvements in two fields have been crucial in increasing life expectancy in the past century: vaccination and clean water. While the importance of water sanitization is indisputable, vaccination has been subject to criticism and suspicion ever since it was first created.

This article (Our Town) provides a brief history of vaccination resistance and hesitancy in the U.S., from the 1700s to present day.

By Selina Ma