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Hesitancy Against Hope: Reactions to the First Polio Vaccine
Hesitancy and opposition to vaccines has existed in the past, and such awareness provides needed context to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine within American history.
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Stephen E. Mawdsley
via
Process: A Blog for American History
on
January 9, 2024
At the Start of the Spread
The march toward revolution in America coincided with a smallpox epidemic. True freedom now meant freedom from disease as well.
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Mark G. Spencer
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The Wall Street Journal
on
January 4, 2023
Never Forget That Early Vaccines Came From Testing on Enslaved People
The practice of vaccination in the U.S. cannot be divorced from the history of slavery.
by
Jim Downs
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STAT
on
June 19, 2022
Vaccinating Kids Has Never Been Easy
Uptake of COVID vaccines for kids has been slow, but it has been slow for other vaccines too.
by
Sarah Zhang
via
The Atlantic
on
March 10, 2022
Ask a Historian: Did Japanese Americans Have Access to Vaccines in WWII Incarceration Camps?
Shibutani, Haruo Najima, and Tomika Shibutani reported that the vaccination lines stretched as long as 200 yards. “The conditions were atrocious.”
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Brian Niiya
via
Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
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March 9, 2022
The Unsung Heroes Who Ended a Deadly Plague
How a team of fearless American women overcame medical skepticism to stop whooping cough, a vicious infectious disease, and save countless lives.
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Richard Conniff
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Smithsonian
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February 23, 2022
The Deep Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy
Understanding the battle over immunization—from the pre-Victorian era onward—between public health and the people may help in treating anti-vax sentiment.
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Mark Honigsbaum
via
New York Review of Books
on
December 14, 2021
'I Long Regretted Bitterly, and Still Regret That I Had Not Given It To Him'
Benjamin Franklin's writing about losing his son to smallpox is a must-read for parents weighing COVID-19 vaccines today.
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Olivia B. Waxman
via
Time
on
November 2, 2021
Elvis Presley Gets the Polio Vaccine on The Ed Sullivan Show, Persuading Millions to Get Vaccinated
In 1956, Elvis Presley was vaccinated backstage at The Ed Sullivan Show in order to encourage teenagers to get the polio vaccination.
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Josh Jones
via
Open Culture
on
September 15, 2021
The Tangled History of mRNA Vaccines
Hundreds of scientists had worked on mRNA vaccines for decades before the coronavirus pandemic brought a breakthrough.
by
Elie Dolgin
via
Nature
on
September 14, 2021
partner
The U.S. and Russia Could Join Forces to Get People Vaccinated. They Did Before.
The forgotten history of Soviet-American vaccine diplomacy.
by
Yana Demeshko
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Ruth Gabor
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Ivan Grek
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Kristen Ho
via
Made by History
on
September 1, 2021
The Long History of Mandated Vaccines in the United States
Vaccines against smallpox during the Revolutionary War are one example of how mandates have protected the health of Americans for more than two centuries.
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky
via
Governing
on
August 5, 2021
Vaccine Mandates Are as American as Apple Pie
Those who claim that vaccine resistance is an expression of liberty are historically illiterate.
by
Matt Ford
via
The New Republic
on
July 30, 2021
Benjamin Franklin's Fight Against a Deadly Virus
Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation, but he championed science to skeptic.
by
Mark Canada
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Christian Chauret
via
The Conversation
on
July 1, 2021
partner
Paying People to Get Vaccines is an Old Idea Whose Time Has Come Again
While smallpox was ravaging late 18th century Britain, John Haygarth thought up of a plan to pay people for public health compliance.
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Margaret DeLacy
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HNN
on
June 6, 2021
The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America
Sixty-six years ago, people celebrated the polio vaccine by embracing in the streets. Our vaccine story is both more extraordinary and more complicated.
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Howard Markel
via
The New Yorker
on
April 12, 2021
The U.S. Has Had 'Vaccine Passports' Before—And They Worked
History shows that the benefits of such a system can extend far beyond the venues into which such a passport would grant admission .
by
Jordan E. Taylor
via
Time
on
April 5, 2021
How Native Americans Were Vaccinated Against Smallpox, Then Pushed Off Their Land
Nearly two centuries later, many tribes remain suspicious of the drive to get them vaccinated against the coronavirus.
by
Dana Hedgpeth
via
Washington Post
on
March 28, 2021
partner
The Hellfire Preacher Who Promoted Inoculation
Three hundred years ago, Cotton Mather starred in a debate about treating smallpox that tore Boston apart.
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Livia Gershon
via
JSTOR Daily
on
March 7, 2021
partner
Having Vaccines Alone Isn’t Enough to Defeat Covid-19
Distributing them equally is key to defeating the coronavirus.
by
Joyce Chaplin
via
Made by History
on
February 23, 2021
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