Timeline for How were smallpox vaccines enforced in the US?
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| Sep 14, 2021 at 19:04 | comment | added | JonathanReez | Very interesting update! Looks like force was only applied to the homeless and everyone else was just nudged in other ways. | |
| Sep 14, 2021 at 11:39 | comment | added | kimchi lover | The term "virus" was in widespread use in all of the 19th century to mean "infectious agent", including both bacteria and what we now call viruses. (virology.ws/2019/08/22/the-evolving-concept-of-virus traces the shift in meaning of the word to the modern sense.) If you google-books search for 19th century "virus squad" you will find mention of vaccinating squads and collecting squads, as in google.com/books/edition/Yale_Medical_Journal/… . | |
| Sep 13, 2021 at 5:26 | history | edited | Suzdalia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2021 at 5:02 | history | edited | Suzdalia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2021 at 4:56 | comment | added | Suzdalia | @JonathanReez: also "virus squads" is a modern term, since it was definitely not known through much of pox history that it even was a virus. That makes it hard to search for a relevant term to find other (historical) sources. | |
| Sep 13, 2021 at 4:47 | history | answered | Suzdalia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |