minus-squarebadlilbean@sh.itjust.workstoHistory@lemmy.world•Did Europeans intentionally infect North American Natives with smallpox/disease?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn 1796, the first vaccine was discovered and it was for smallpox. ~30 years after this stuff happened. It’s quite interesting if you’d like to do a quick read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine linkfedilink
minus-squarebadlilbean@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•rulelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoOptimistic nihilism? linkfedilink
minus-squarebadlilbean@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Fun fact: Lemmy supports up to 99 nested commentslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago16 linkfedilink
In 1796, the first vaccine was discovered and it was for smallpox. ~30 years after this stuff happened. It’s quite interesting if you’d like to do a quick read.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine