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  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.

    • Drew Desilver
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  2. Vaccination mandates are not new at all. They date back to at least George Washington and the Revolutionary War in the United States... And vaccines were not even a thing then!

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  3. 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.

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  4. Oct 14, 2022 · 1809: Massachusetts institutes the first vaccine mandate. This law authorized local boards of health to require smallpox vaccinations for those over 21. Other states subsequently passed similar legislation. However, opposition to mandatory vaccination increased as states began to enforce these laws.

  5. Aug 5, 2021 · It began with George Washington in 1777, less than one year after the U.S. declared independence from Great Britain. During the Revolutionary War, smallpox was the biggest threat to the Continental...

    • Lindsay M. Chervinsky
  6. Sep 7, 2022 · This began to change by the turn of the century, when many state and local governments imposed some form of smallpox vaccine mandate. 3 Around 1900, many more state and local governments began mandating and enforcing vaccination, often by fining those who refused vaccination.

  7. Dec 12, 2022 · This article reviews the historical precedent of vaccine mandates for United States military personnel dating back to the formation of the continental army, as well as previous controversies about vaccine mandates such as the first influenza vaccine mandate and the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program.

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