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Stunning #PPBF NF book capturing General George Washington's struggles w/smallpox & immunity during the revolutionary war. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @bandersonwriter.bsky.social @ashleyyazdani.bsky.social Calkins Creek #kidlit #history #smallpox @steamteambooks.bsky.social 📚👍

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Without #smallpox
Without #Covid-19
Without #flu
And all because of #science & #vaccines
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Which will arrive first, #smallpox or #polio? Federal judge upholds Idaho law that bans #vaccine, medical treatment requirements in daycares idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/29/f...

Some things don’t change, eh, like spreading falsities and getting violent about public health measures. But Public Health and govt didn’t back down. Are leaders just less courageous today? #covid #smallpox

Notice the open windows. Over a century ago, humans knew ventilation helped limit spread of disease. Public health and healthcare professions have gotten stupider in this century. Makes one ask all sorts of questions because I don’t think it’s as simple as political influence. 👍🧵👇 #covid #smallpox

Ancient smallpox DNA from Chile provides insights into virus's arrival in the Americas and evolution

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

#smallpox #ancientdna #virusevolution

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One year I went as a #smallpox victim. It would be interesting to show up at parties with some #measles makeup on, and see how people really feel about measles in their lives....

I was planning to show up at an #RFKjr event with measles, but it got cancelled by the pandemic, in fact...

Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500-year-old smallpox DNA reveals#Chile #Mummies #Pathogens #Smallpox #Viruses

#BiologicalWeapons #SyntheticBiology #Smallpox #Archaeology #Chile
Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500‑year‑old smallpox DNA reveals
theconversation.com/can-an-ancie...

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Could ancient smallpox return?

The researchers recovered fragments of viral DNA. No intact virus ...

#Smallpox #Vaccination #Colonialism #Africa #History #SlaveTrade #USA
The world has spent centuries forgetting the African history of immunisation
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

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West Africans described it as an ancient and widespread custom, practised since “time immemorial”, but ...

Watching this interesting movie about a #smallpox outbreak in Bath. Intriguing to see the importance placed on people, especially in healthcare, having received their most recent vaccine within the past year (18 months ago not good enough). Is this an accurate reflection of UK approach in the 1960s?

Thrilled to share our latest preprint on the #evolution of gene repertoires in #poxvirus, a group of giant DNA viruses of medical importance! 🦠🧬 #smallpox #mpox

Check out the thread below for a summary of our key findings 👇