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Happy new year from even more vaccine-chans bc why not. Smallpox, polio, HPV and tetanus!

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2021-12-31

Free of charge vaccination against smallpox in the entry hall of the Petit Journal building.
This print showing the doctors Joseph Chambon, Saint-YvesMenard and Andre Fasquelle as they gain and apply the vaccine against smallpox, (Pocken, variole).
Petit Journal. 1905

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2021-12-24

smallpox
smol octopus

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2021-12-22

On the one disease I wish to never see pop back again.
Smallpox-chan
(eyeing up the mokeypox outbreak with concern tbh)

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2021-11-24

Free of charge vaccination against smallpox in the entry hall of the Petit Journal building.
This print showing the doctors Joseph Chambon, Saint-YvesMenard and Andre Fasquelle as they gain and apply the vaccine against smallpox, (Pocken, variole).
Petit Journal. 1905

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2021-10-27

Turns out vaccine protests have a long, sick history. Protests happened against the smallpox vaccine, despite millions of people dying from it each year.

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2021-09-18

Legoshi has contracted smallpox, and the only cure is chugjugging with Drex!

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2021-09-04

12 Aug 1776, Gen George Washington writes Gen Charles Lee that the Continental Army's situation had deteriorated due to an outbreak of smallpox & desertions. Washington feared the British navy might blockade NYC, isolating it from other states.

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2021-08-12

Seasalt has contracted smallpox, and the only cure is a true love kiss from Jason!

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2021-07-25

Nick Wilde has contracted smallpox, and the only cure is sacrificing Mae to the bath water God!

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2021-07-13

Illustration of St. Kateri. I hope you like and share. They say her smallpox scars vanished minutes after her death at 24. St. Kateri, pray for us! All Saint suggestions are welcome as I have a running list. Thank you for your support.

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2021-06-16

Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi was one of the most important figures in the history of smallpox.

In 9th century Baghdad, where he was chief physician, he wrote "a treatise on the Smallpox and Measles", offering clinical distinctions between the two and therapeutic remedies.

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2021-05-27

Question for for the fine print of this cartoon:

*technically* very old-school that were literally just live viruses would be “shed”able (transmissible human-to-human), right? like 200yo cowpox inoculation for smallpox? But no modern vax, right?

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2021-05-18

Edward Jenner FLS, creator of the world’s first vaccine, was born in 1749. His invention of a vaccine for smallpox saved countless lives. He was elected a Fellow of the in 1798 on the strength of his zoological work, especially the nesting habits of cuckoos.

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2021-05-17

in 1796, Dr Edward Jenner administered a vaccination against smallpox.

“I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world-when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.”

Jenner's pioneering work saved millions of lives.

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2021-05-14

1796 Dr Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccination to 8yr old James Phipps. Inoculation was promoted decades earlier & Dr Mead, who helped create the Foundling Hospital, was an advocate of this procedure, which saved the lives of many, including foundlings.

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2021-05-14

Our “Pubs Corner” series features stories related to our award-winning YCBA publications. Until recently, smallpox was one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.

Read about the crucial role mothers played in the success of the vaccination! https://t.co/x1RRnkakB8

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2021-05-04