Not quite vaccines, variolation, which was the precursor to inoculation. But yes, it was known by Africans for many years that rubbing smallpox scars on a scratch in the skin of a child made them unlikely to die of smallpox later in life and that knowledge was told to Cotton Mather by his slave. It was highly resisted in America, however. Much more than anti-vaxxers resist today. But eventually, the knowledge gained from it led to inoculation, which came before vaccination. Washington ordered the Continental Army to be inoculated against smallpox.
Video games being historical is making me feel old. That being said there is this really sick Museum of Play everyone should check out if they are ever in western New York state. The arcade there is amazing.
I recently found my Sega MegaDrive/Genesis and got it working again. :)
So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you’d say. Now where was I… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn’t get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones…
It’s more the illusion of solidarity & superiority, and a hierarchy (Power/Health, …) that they wanted it.
Egotism (Garbage coping mechanisms) typical in repressive/regressive environment to uphold & proliferate the state of affairs (Conditioning play’s a role in it, but seriously how much are you going to blame X, Y or Z).
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