Every vaccine is toxic
Summary
Roman Visjanik joins Jimmy to discuss the history of vaccination, the evolution of the term "vaccine," and the impact of public health improvements on disease mortality. Visjanik highlights how societal changes, rather than medical interventions, drove the decline in infectious diseases. He also promotes his new historical fiction novel, *Tender Mercies*, which explores the anti-vaccination movement in 19th-century England.
Topics discussed
Kia commercial and podcast intro
Personal chat: Gardening, travel, and upcoming baby
Discussion of the book 'Dissolving Illusions'
Zero Shoes commercial
History of vaccines and changing definitions
Zero Shoes and RSS.com commercials
Smallpox history, sanitation, and public health
Viruses, health, and the 1918 flu experiments
RSS.com commercial
Greenville, South Carolina tourism ad
Host health and disease severity
Writing the historical fiction book 'Tender Mercies'
Characters in 'Tender Mercies' and anti-vax history
RSS.com and Greenville commercials
Personal health philosophy and audiobook production
Medicalization of society and Ozempic
Outro, book promotion, and final ads
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