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Dan Snow's History Hit

Are Mandatory Vaccines New?

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.712.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Vaccines have become a subject of great controversy in recent months but the requirement to have them is far from new. Almost since the earliest examples of inoculation and vaccination, they have been a requirement for different parts of society. Dan is joined by Dr Lindsay Chervinsky, a historian of Early America, the presidency, and the government to explore how vaccinations have been used throughout the history of the United States. From George Washington inoculating the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, through the 1905 Supreme Court ruling mandating vaccines in the interest of public health and right up to the controversies of the modern-day.  

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0:00.0

Hi everybody, welcome to Dance Know's History. A lot of talk around vaccine mandates at

0:04.6

the moment. In Texas, the governor has just ruled out any vaccine mandates at all. Made

0:09.6

it illegal for people to demand a vaccine before attending school or leisure activities or

0:15.8

the place of work, anything like that. Vaccine mandates, vaccine passport, vaccine requirements

0:20.4

from discussion all over the world at the moment. And let me tell you something folks,

0:24.8

it's nothing new. Ever since we've had vaccines, we've had organizations saying that you

0:29.3

require one. And to tell us all about it, we got Dr. Lindsay Chavinsky, she's been on

0:33.9

the podcast for she's a fantastic, extraordinary, early America, the presidency of the government

0:37.8

and the cabinet. She came to talk about Joe Biden's cabinet a few months ago. She is a terrific

0:42.3

historian. She is here to tell us about examples of vaccine mandates from the very earliest days

0:48.9

of the US Republic. Like I say, since we've had access to vaccine folks, people have demand

0:54.6

that we take them. There's nothing new here. If you want to listen to other podcasts without

0:59.3

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1:33.3

here's the very excellent Lindsay Trevinsky. Enjoy.

1:42.4

Lindsay, thank you so much for coming back on the podcast. I always call you when there's

1:46.1

like some exciting breaking news. You're the contemporary storm you'll need.

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