Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
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RFK, Dan Bongino and Rosanne Barr represent America!
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/inoculation-0016692
[Whisper, whisper]
... What? Valley Forge vaccination? Sorry, but that's made up.
A regrettable pause, now soaked in pain.
Now regretting inaction, lost in dismay,,
Each thought conveyed with bitter care." ~Rainni
#FactsOverFear
#Science
RESIST!!✊️
people believe Franklin’s
Son had died from the smallpox inoculation. Fake media even back then. Meanwhile, the rich had inoculations parties. Rich survive and poor die.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Dahl
I also had a typo in my response. I blame my phone. 👍😂
Franklin was a monster.
Or something like that. :)
Sen Lloyd Bentsen in response to a statement by Sen Dan Quayle: “Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.”
Why, oh why, does anyone listen to this man with a dead brain worm in his head and dead brain statements coming out of his mouth every single day?
#VaccinesSaveLives
Thank you. 🙏🏻
I’m just not sure how keeping kids sickly will profit the oligarchs
Not a good quality in a leader, but he’s never claimed to be one, so there’s that
https://bsky.app/profile/phdrachel.bsky.social/post/3lof4lkciyk2x
#HAGC
So, I'd say you're good. 😂
“Inoculation was introduced to America in 1721 during a smallpox epidemic in Boston, spearheaded by…Cotton Mather & Dr. Zabdiel Boylston. Mather learned about the practice from Onesimus, an enslaved man who had been inoculated in Africa.”
The more things change…
Give the Republicans a chance to catch up !
If they just shuffle off all the bioweaponry to random agencies
or the departmental closing-down furniture auction,
"Refrigerator and contents, liquid nitrogen dewar included",
then that'd be bad.
Do we really know how secure it is?
Rabies is a problem in Florida.
This is called, “falling thru the cracks” in Public Healthcare.
💔💔💔💔
What do you think he meant? Regretted it wasn’t available?
Interestingly, long before Jenner, swamis in India had found they could prevent spread by taking fluid from a smallpox vesicle and scratching
I don’t think that was known in the West.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/smallpox-inoculation-revolutionary-war.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation
She was very intelligent and very brave.
https://youtu.be/ybVZ7vluYhQ
Screenshot of the end of his wikipedia page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesimus_(Bostonian)
How is there not a list of hospitals and streets named after him? We can't right the horrendous wrongs done to him in life, but we can at least honor him.
So never mind the 1950s, they want to drag us back to the 1600s. Also see: https://mstdn.social/@mcnado/114450052250989964
On the other end of the stick, the Somali Ali Maow Maalin was the last smallpox infection. That's how good the surveillance was.
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/how-covid-19-world-can-learn-last-person-get-smallpox
Long-term exposure to conspiracy theory culture in turn induces paranoia---unavoidable. They go hand-in-hand. Inhaling and exhaling.
I guess they’re ready at any moment for a Fox interview.
Then there's the idea of giving people credit for their work and letting them know where their stuff was shared. That's a basic courtesy.
Click on the post menu, select "Share," click on the copy link and post. https://bsky.app/profile/lethalityjane.bsky.social/post/3liabnxskos2t
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/measles-post-herd-immunity
When will common sense reign again?
Dr. Larry was definitely Brilliant!