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Jason Crawford
jasoncrawford
The 300-year history of vaccines as app updates: ~1720v0.1 (beta): InoculationFeatures:• Grants immunity• Usually doesn't kill youKnown bugs:• Mild disease symptoms• You're still contagious and can start an outbreakSupported
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Jason Crawford
jasoncrawford
Smallpox was one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced—and also the only human disease we have ever eradicated. It was also the first disease with a vaccine.You may
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M. Gouldhawke ∞
M_Gouldhawke
Seeing important discussion among Indigenous ppl of why Canada & provinces/territories are prioritizing vaccination of our ppl when neglect is the norm. Maureen Lux in her history books has pointed
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Ann Bond
History_Ann
Day 10 of an A to Z from my photo library.J is for Jenner. The study of Dr Edward Jenner, who popularised the use of vaccination in the prevention of
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Jose-Luis Jimenez
jljcolorado
1/ COVID-19 has "anisotropic" infection: Despite 100 times LOWER dose, monkeys infected by SARS-CoV-2 thru aerosols developed MORE SEVERE respiratory disease and lung pathology (vs. nose/trachea)Preprint from US Army Infectious
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Joe Martin
joeDmarti
Light reading on quarantines while you are in quarantine. Quarantine is derived from Italian words quaranta giora meaning 40 daysIn the 14th century ships arriving in Venice were required to
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Bharadwaj
BharadwajSpeaks
Until 19th century in India, there was a group of selfless scholarly Brahmins whose job was treating people during Pandemic.They used to travel village to village & vaccinate everyone without
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Caitlin Rivers, PhD
cmyeaton
There is a print in a colleague’s office at @JHSPH_CHS commemorating the eradication of smallpox. It’s signed Never Again! I want us to say that about pandemics. And mean it.
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Ben Br@ddock
AutistLvsMatter
That “only 6% of Covid deaths were Covid-only” stat doesn’t mean much in a country where over 40% of the population has some kind of chronic health problem. Yes this
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Dr Khor SK
DrKhorSK
The COVAX Facility aims to provide fair & equal access to the Covid vaccine for 7.8 billion people. To commemorate 's entry into COVAX, I'll spend this week on some
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Greg Jericho
GrogsGamut
Interesting to think what the economic response under previous PM would have been... my thoughts: Rudd would have done much the same, though his press conferences would have had much
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Pʜɪʟ Hᴀʀᴇ | λ³...?
mrlepus
I really struggle with patriotism. It has a historical tendancy towards insidiousness. The very concept of nationality forces we humans into a particular pattern of thinking; of dividing the world
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Jordan E. Taylor
PubliusorPerish
I wanted to pick up on something I noticed researching this piece that didn’t make it into the essay...Smallpox vaccination scars were at the center of women’s fashion and consumption
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manvir singh
mnvrsngh
Grand narratives of history often center on interactions among ideas, polities, & Great Individuals (esp. Great Men). But one of the important & overlooked actors is disease! Here are some
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Peter Manseau
plmanseau
Worth noting: The "Jesus is my vaccine" crowd at the anti-shutdown rallies already lost this fight--almost exactly 300 years ago. And the most prominent Christian clergyman in America delivered the
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Boston City Archives
ArchivesBoston
In 1942, @HealthyBoston published this chart showing Boston's history of fighting epidemics from 1725 to 1942. The chart shows especially deadly outbreaks of smallpox, cholera, and influenza. @universalhub @HUBhistory Boston's
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