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Compulsory vaccination is an outrage and a gross interference with the liberty of the people in a land of freedom. (DD Palmer).

Compulsory vaccination is an outrage and a gross interference with the liberty of the people in a land of freedom.

—(DD Palmer)

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Ernst, E. (2020). Indirect Risks. In: Chiropractic. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53118-8_15

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