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Tuesday, June 24, 2003But while modern public health officials look to successful campaigns like this to plan how to do it again, historians say the factors that converged to make it possible may not be easy to duplicate. In 1947, the anti-vaccine movement was not powerful. And, despite the end of the war, many people were still in the military or linked to war-effort volunteer organizations. They could be called on to run the clinics. And in the post-war era, people were also more willing to follow government advice. "If it had to happen and you had to vaccinate a population, the 1940s was probably the right period to do it," said Dr. Lord. More people were also already immune to the disease. posted by Sydney on 6/24/2003 08:24:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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