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Did you know that George Washington is not only the founding father of the United States of America, but also one of the original supporters of mass immunization in the USA? In the wake of a massive smallpox outbreak during the Revolutionary War, Washington required all of his soldiers to get a smallpox inoculation. This radical move may have actually helped him win the war.

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Smallpox victim, Illinois, 1912
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Patient with smallpox, Kosovo, Yugoslavia epidemic, March and April 1972.
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Sketch of soldiers of the Continental Army
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La vaccination
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Smallpox (left) & cowpox inoculation, day 14
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Washington After the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey
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American Revolution Campaigns 1775 to 1781
Shepherd, William. Historical Atlas. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911.
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26 thoughts on “A Very Short History of Vaccines in America | FRONTLINE

  1. The father of vaccination in America no… in USA… in the rest of the continent was Dr. Balmis from Spain who brougth the vaccine from Spain to all the colonies of America and Phillipines.

  2. Lier. The first vaccination expedition was Spanosh with Doctor Balmis. Study more history. And It was a filantropic expedition and totally free. Santa Helena Island population was vaccinating by Balmis Expedition.

  3. I know you blame your editors but, Don’t you think the person who REALLY TAUGHT this Mather needs mentioning? Do you think your puzzle is really complete when you leave out THE MAIN FOUNDATION PIECE? Thanks!

  4.  I just wish the Medical Industry would be honest about Vaccines…
    & just tell the truth.
    Yes they work, but yes there is a chance not a huge chance but still a chance it can screw you up or worse kill you.. but it's all we have at the moment & it's better than doing nothing….
    That's all I would ask is just be honest

  5. I shut off the sound because I could not listen to both the music and the talk.The music is too loud and since I liked the music it interfered with the speech. The man talking interfered with the music. I couldn't pay attention to both so I hit the mute buttom.
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  6. FRONTLINE is seriously ignorant of the difference between natural immunity acquired by the methods above, which is nothing more than a chickenpox  party… not a vaccine!  

    Disappointed in the tyrannical FRONTLINE FRAUD

  7.  Why aren't we talking about the risks of exposing young children to the toxic metals that drug companies were using as preservatives in their vaccines. How can they be trusted with our children's lives????

  8. Shame on PBS for illustrating just how far down the Propaganda Rabbit Hole you have fallen. with your intellectual and scientific prostitution for cash.  As any thinking person will explain to those who are not, the current argument about Vaccines is not about the Concept of Vaccine Theory, the Historic Examples of Vaccine Efficacy, nor the Responsibility We Have to Develop Safe & Effective Vaccines.  It is entirely about telling the Truth, manufacturing fraud, Right To Informed Consent, Getting The Profit-Motive Out Of Medicine and Public Health, and Demanding the Return of our Regulatory and Public Interest Oversight Function.  When was the last time you who are reading this, put your Citizen Journalist Hat on and did your own research?  Try the Intelligent Conspiracy Theorists at Infowars.com and Natural News.  You might learn something.

  9. I doubt very much that George Washington would support injecting aluminum and mercury into young children.  Detoxify the vaccines and stop lying about what's already happened (which is beyond dispute to anyone paying attention) and medicine might regain some trust.

  10. I'm Canadian so first off I'm grateful that the Continental army fled Canada. But I'm also a RN and full supporter of vaccinations. It is not a pretty sight to watch a child die from something that could have been prevented.

  11. If children are not vaccinated, they should not be permitted to attend public schools where at risk children could be made seriously ill.  Period.  End of argument.

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