A Revolta da Vacina de 1904: notícias falsas e resistência à imunização nos primórdios da República no Brasil

Abstract

The present work aims to show the historical, cultural and social factors that resulted in the outbreak of the Vaccine Revolt that took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1904. In order to achieve this objective, a research was carried out in newspaper news, articles , master's dissertations and doctoral theses that have important works on the proposed topic. The Vaccine Revolt is an important research because it dialogues with a past of movement against the application of vaccines that extends to the present day. Initially, the research analyzed the mandatory immunization policy in colonial, imperial and republican Brazil, highlighting the factors of public power and the resistance of a portion of the population to accept vaccination. I analyzed the positivist movement, its philosophy and the use of fake news in newspapers to discourage the population that the smallpox immunizer was safe and effective. The research also used a methodology that analyzed the vaccine issue and also the investment in public health by the republican power to situate the entire context in which the Vaccine Revolt originated.