1

What is the tale of Achilles? Why did Eula’s physician father tell her that tale when she was a young child? How does it relate to the book’s topic, immunization?

2

What was the CDC’s conclusion/warning about the H1N1 virus? What is a pandemic?

3

What was the focus of Rachel Carson’s book, The Silent Spring? What impact did her book have on the U.S. and what governmental organization was established as a result of it?

4

What is the process of variolation? In what nation or continent was this process first advanced? How did the variolation system impact the US and European countries?

5

Who has the last remnants of the smallpox vaccine? Why hasn’t it been destroyed? How could it be used for the good and for the bad?

6

What is the Minamata Treaty of 2013? What sparked the creation of the...