Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Oct 8, 2021 · Vaccination mandates in the U.S. date back to the 19th century, when many cities and states started requiring children to be immunized against smallpox; the Supreme Court upheld such mandates in a landmark 1905 decision. A combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis became available in 1948, and it was quickly added as a ...

    • Drew Desilver
    • history of vaccine mandates1
    • history of vaccine mandates2
    • history of vaccine mandates3
    • history of vaccine mandates4
  2. 1809: Massachusetts Mandates the Smallpox Vaccine. After the smallpox vaccine's safety and efficacy was agreed upon by scientists of the time, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a law in 1809 requiring smallpox vaccination. The legislature came approved the law after Jenner's cowpox vaccine was proven to work via an experiment at Noddle's ...

    • history of vaccine mandates1
    • history of vaccine mandates2
    • history of vaccine mandates3
    • history of vaccine mandates4
    • history of vaccine mandates5
  3. Dec 12, 2022 · Two vaccine mandates, influenza and anthrax, exemplify historical lessons that apply to current controversy with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The influenza vaccine mandate is an important consideration because, like COVID-19, it represents a naturally occurring respiratory infection capable of spreading at pandemic proportions.

  4. Oct 14, 2022 · 1777: George Washington mandates smallpox vaccines for all his soldiers. American soldiers during the Revolutionary War were susceptible to smallpox, but the majority of British troops were immune due to childhood exposure or vaccination. The Continental Army's major military campaigns failed, as smallpox outbreaks swept through its camps.

  5. While these mandates are the first vaccine requirements for COVID-19, the United States has a long history of protecting the nation’s health through vaccines. It began with George Washington in ...

    • Contributor
  6. Aug 29, 2021 · GOSTIN: It was. And, you know, the first vaccine mandate law was enacted in the United States in 1809 for smallpox. But the Supreme Court in 1905 in a very famous case called Jacobson v ...

  7. Sep 7, 2022 · Instead, cases turn on legal nuances and technical aspects of the law such as the precise contours of legislative authorization. As we argue in this article, the history of vaccine mandates can be a guide to our current moment. Vaccine mandates can be contentious, but they also have important (if complex) legal and historical precedent.

  1. People also search for