Elephant in the Room
by Jordan Henderson
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22.000 x 40.000 inches
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Title
Elephant in the Room
Artist
Jordan Henderson
Medium
Drawing - Charcoal
Description
This drawing juxtaposes a commonly promoted belief with historical data that contradicts the promoted belief.
The belief promoted is that vaccines played a pivotal role in bringing about the drastic reduction of deaths due to infectious disease which was such a common cause of death especially amongst children in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
For most the infectious diseases, vaccines came to late to have plausibly played anymore than a secondary role in causing the reduction in mortality.
I needed just one disease as the example for the drawing to avoid cluttering the composition; I chose measles simply because it's such an iconic childhood illness, and the vaccine came so late, that the point is particularly clear.
I am using this drawing as the cover for an essay series which is a deep dive into the conflict surrounding the undue credit given to vaccines.
I you would like to read more about this type into your web browser:
Vaccine Evangelists, Apostates, and Apologists - Which is the name of the essay series.
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June 26th, 2023
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