talking about now. l.a. police officers, nurses, refusing to get vaccinated and there are a lot of them they have a tough hill to climb because of early cases from the 20th century, but it was before we have this revolution in constitutional rights, before science gave us a lot more knowledge. i bet it will cause the court to reconsider and be tougher in scrutinizing with the governmena justification for these kind of vaccination policies. shannon: yeah come important to remember what smallpox cases, you said it was much more deadly than this virus, but the ruling was clear at that point that the state could do a number of things, but the fine equip later to i think modern day $150, not people losing their careers or ability to put food on the table, those kinds of things. it will be interesting if one of these cases will work its way up to some of the highest courts in the nation. in the meantime, the county sheriff says he will not enforce the covid-19 vaccine mandates on
boston worked. you can see from this chart that smallpox cases in boston peaked in december of 1901. at the end of that month the health department announced the vaccine mandate, and from there cases came steadily down from their peak until the very last few cases were documented in the spring of 1903. now, it bears mentioning that boston s response to the smallpox epidemic and the supreme court ruling upholding it were far from perfect. public health authorities in boston, for instance, vaccinated people forcibly in some cases, especially in immigrant and disadvantaged communities. and there had to be further judicial intervention to clarify that that was not acceptable. the supreme court decision upholding public health mandates was later used to defend things like forced sterilization. medical ethics and american law are always evolving and hopefully we get better at this stuff over time.
government is allowed to do in the name of public health. and also the vaccine mandate in boston worked. you can see from this chart that smallpox cases in boston peaked in december of 1901. at the end of that month the health department announced the vaccine mandate, and from there cases came steadily down from their peak until the very last few cases were documented in the spring of 1903. now, it bears mentioning that boston s response to the smallpox epidemic and the supreme court ruling upholding it were far from perfect. public health authorities in boston, for instance, vaccinated people forcibly in some cases, especially in immigrant and disadvantaged communities. and there had to be further judicial intervention to clarify that that was not acceptable. the supreme court decision upholding public health mandates was later used to defend things like forced sterilization. medical ethics and american law are always evolving and hopefully we get better at this