- The Fight Over Inoculation During the 1721 Boston Smallpox Epidemic https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/special-edition-on-infectious-disease/2014/the-fight-over-inoculation-during-the-1721-boston-smallpox-epidemic/ 43 comments history
- During a smallpox epidemic in 1721, Cotton Mather (of the Salem Witch Trials) vigorously promoted the inoculation technique he earned from his West African slave. He received a brick through his window and widespread mockery, including a satirical piece from Benjamin Franklin. http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/special-edition-on-infectious-disease/2014/the-fight-over-inoculation-during-the-1721-boston-smallpox-epidemic/ 466 comments history
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- G.O.P. Seethes at Biden Mandate, Even in States Requiring Other Vaccines - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/us/politics/vaccine-mandates-republicans.html 49 comments
- The anti-vax movement is effectively reversing decades of progress in disease prevention https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anti-vax-movement-effectively-reversing-124638324.html 32 comments
- Benjamin Franklin's fight against a deadly virus: Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation, but he championed science to skeptics https://theconversation.com/benjamin-franklins-fight-against-a-deadly-virus-colonial-america-was-divided-over-smallpox-inoculation-but-he-championed-science-to-skeptics-161569 0 comments
- Anti-vaxxers attacked Cotton Mather during smallpox epidemic deadlier than coronavirus - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/07/smallpox-coronavirus-antivaxxers-cotton-mather/ 0 comments
- How an Enslaved African Man in Boston Helped Save Generations from Smallpox - HISTORY https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-vaccine-onesimus-slave-cotton-mather 0 comments
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