One of history's deadliest diseases, smallpox is estimated to have killed more than 300 million people since 1900. In May 1901, an outbreak of smallpox emerged, followed by a series of outbreaks in various neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts.  In an attempt to take control of the epidemic, the Boston Board of Health mandated vaccinations. Persons who refused vaccination were subject to a $5 fine or a 15-day jail sentence? Does the mandatory vaccination law violate Cambridge pastor Henning Jacobson's Fourteenth Amendment right to liberty? Plus the most recent vaccination mandates at the Supreme Court.

Show Notes
Jacobson v. Massachusetts
Smallpox cases recorded in the United States from 1900 to 1952
History of Smallpox

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