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MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show June 4, 2024 08:04:00

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. ....

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