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*According to Jason Zinoman, vampires date back to the 11th and 12th centuries. Zinoman quoted "Rooted in folklore, they were symbols of epidemics-and a plausible explanation for disease, at least for the time."(1)

*Europe had outbreaks of tuberculosis and rabies and vampires were to blame for these dseases.

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* Vampires seemingly became a "thing" when there was a lack of information about diseases according to Stanley Stepanic, an assistant professor who teaches "Dracula" at UVA. (2)

* During this time period, people would just die from diseases and their loved ones would be affected as well from being around it before they were buried. This caused even more illness and death.

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First Forced Vaccination Laws In England in 19th Century.

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* In the 19th century vampires expanded into weird fiction and more so that they were filthy rich in fancy clothing.

* Vaccinations were a taunting subject during this time in England because for the first time they were forced to comply with vaccine laws.

* In 1881 they didn't have social media to spread news, they had pamphlets.

* One of the major fears in this era was "The Vaccination Vampire." People assumed that if you got vaccinated it would cause "degradation and extinction" stated by Zinoman.(2)

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Vampires Fangs Represented Surgical Tools

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* Nadja Durbach was a historian and an author of the book "Bodily Matters: The Anti-Vaccination Movement in England, 1853-1907," stated that real fears took place that vaccinations would throw one's bodily fluid balance off, including blood. Blood terrified people in this era of time. (2)

* Durbach states, " The anti-vaccination movement is an important context for 'Dracula.'" (2)

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Modern Vampire Shows

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* In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote and published his novel. It was about a Transylvanian nobleman who left his castle to go hunt for fresh blood. Stoker was informed well about the anti-vaccination movement and he was also using some of his own similar fears.

* Vampires expanded to the sexy, seductive role in the 20th century from films to television shows. For example, the film "Victorian world of Hammer," in the 1960s and 1970s, to a comedy that teens can relate to in the 1980s called "The Lost Boys," then to follow in the 1990s "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and now in the 2000s "Twilight," just to name a few.

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* A veteran horror director, Joe Dante, said " We may have so much more to be scared of today than in recent years, both politically and medically", that "it may be difficult to go back to purely supernatural approach." (4)

* The actor Larry Fessenden, who starred and directed a popular vampire movie in the 1990s, "Habit," states that he sees plenty of new opportunities for horror. (4)

* The two quotes that Larry Fessenden wrote in an email will forever stick with me. He wrote, "The pandemic has heightened our fear of each other, of infection and contagion, invisible droplets delivering a cataclysmic blow to our physical beings, leading in turn to an atmosphere of deep mistrust and isolation."(4) "And always, there will be those who don't believe the monster even exists." (5)