2/There was also a controversial vaccine trial planned during this plague outbreak. Initial recipients reported severe pain after inoculation. Residents of Chinatown then refused to receive the Haffkine's anti-plague vaccine without it first being tested in animals.

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Did you know that in the 1900 San Francisco Plague outbreak, the governor Henry Gage publicly denied the outbreak because of fear of economic collapse, spending $100,000 on a public campaign. Gage accused the medical authorities of injecting cadavers to fake evidence. /1

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Whilst I hate being sick, and this latest URTI has been a doozy, I always get excited to be able to report it through my flu tracking survey, because at least something will count from my cold and flu-like symptoms
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