Tonsil Riots and Vaccine Hesitancy: A 100-Year Legacy of Medical Mistrust.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 166(6): 1144-1146, 2022 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2115868
ABSTRACT
The "tonsil riots" of 1906 were panics that developed at several public schools in historically immigrant-dominated neighborhoods of New York City (NYC). Per archived newspaper articles, several NYC public schools asked for parental consent to have Board of Health physicians come and perform tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy on their students. When children subsequently returned home from school "drooling mouthfuls of blood and barely able to speak," mothers reacted with panic and flocked to the schools demanding the safe return of their children. Police, ultimately, had to be called in to manage the crowds, and the events of 1906 largely faded from the public eye. However, these events can offer important lessons in communication and cultural humility as the United States continues its mass vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Palatine Tonsil
/
COVID-19
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Child
/
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Journal subject:
Otolaryngology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
01945998211037707
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