inoculation
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CDC Finds No Smallpox in Frozen Vials Suspiciously Labelled ‘Smallpox’
Days after a Pennsylvania lab was locked down because a worker discovered vials labelled “smallpox” in a freezer, the CDC says there’s no reason to fear a viral outbreak. Late Thursday night, federal officials announced that the vials did not contain the deadly and eradicated variola virus. Instead, they held a related but much tamer…
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How The Salem Witch Trials Prevented Vaccinations
In 1721, the first known inoculation in America took place. It was conducted with the enthusiastic support of a man whose previous passion included finding, interrogating, and — if need be — hanging witches. And the backlash from the Salem Witch Trials made it difficult to convince people that inoculation worked.