The History of Vaccine Mandates

To start off season 2, on this episode of the Political Dictionary, Maeve talks about the history of vaccine mandates in the U.S. from George Washington's smallpox vaccine mandate to the Supreme Court case of Jacobson vs. Massachusetts. If you have any questions, comments, or topics that you would like us to do an episode on, please contact us at thepoliticaldictionary@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to future episodes, tell others about us, and leave a review! <3

Resources:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/sns-stacker-vaccine-mandates-us-history-20211021-uukb4yssaff37fzqfoolh4diki-photogallery.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/29/1032169566/the-u-s-has-a-long-precedent-for-vaccine-mandates

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/a-history-of-vaccine-mandate-and-how-people-reacted-then-and-now/2984174/

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/guides-pubs/downloads/vacc_mandates_chptr13.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCB6FDdsfwY

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