Smallpox vaccinations required public trust and buy-in.
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In The Contagion of Liberty, historian Andrew Wehrman traces the path of the smallpox-inoculation movement, and its generally overlooked impact on politics around the American War of Independence. He argues that smallpox influenced the journey towards independence from British rule, and how Americans conceived of their new, hard-won liberties.
It is a tale of startling contemporary relevance.
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a tip of the hat to Sukie
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