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A 1787 Letter From Catherine the Great Urging Mass Immunization Sells at Auction
MSN ^ | Gillian Brockell

Posted on 12/01/2021 2:53:40 PM PST by nickcarraway

A letter from Catherine the Great supporting mass immunization against smallpox sold at auction Wednesday in London. In the letter, dated April 20, 1787, the Russian empress instructs a governor-general of what is now Ukraine to make immunizing the public a priority and says that “such inoculation should be common everywhere.”

Grandma Loves Me To The Moon And Back Casual Crew Neck Shirts & Tops White/XXL The letter sold at the MacDougall’s auction house along with a portrait of the empress painted by Dmitry Levitsky, for a total of ₤951,000. MacDougall’s said the letter reveals “the statecraft and foresight shown by the great monarch.”

It also shows her struggle against fear and misinformation about immunization among the public. Nearly two decades before the letter was written, she had become the first person in Russia to be immunized against smallpox, yet millions of Russians still feared the procedure.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: catherinethegreat; godsgravesglyphs; immunization; russia; smallpox; vaccines
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Mandate?
1 posted on 12/01/2021 2:53:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: SunkenCiv

We don’t often get a crossover between GGG and current events.


2 posted on 12/01/2021 2:55:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Immunization against smallpox existed in 1787?


3 posted on 12/01/2021 2:55:56 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: nickcarraway

Smallpox in 1787 had a far greater potential for causing death than does Covid in 2021.


4 posted on 12/01/2021 2:57:42 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: Bishop_Malachi

Wow, my bad...apparently it did. In fact smallpox was apparently combated with forms of inoculations all the way back into ancient history. Ya learn something new everyday.


5 posted on 12/01/2021 2:58:28 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dan Rather may have been the one to discover the letter.


6 posted on 12/01/2021 3:00:30 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: nickcarraway

Did that font exist back then? 🥴


7 posted on 12/01/2021 3:01:12 PM PST by Allegra
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To: Bishop_Malachi

Yes, s doctor developed a process via cowpox. Trying to recall the name.

Washington wanted it for his troops and had it done AMAP.


8 posted on 12/01/2021 3:03:44 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: nickcarraway

bookmark


9 posted on 12/01/2021 3:04:13 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Bishop_Malachi

The beginnings in Russia yes. She heard about it from European countries such as France I believe.


10 posted on 12/01/2021 3:04:59 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Bishop_Malachi

Should’ve remarked it really started the vaccination concept and science. That’s the starting point for “vaccines” per se in history.


11 posted on 12/01/2021 3:05:03 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Freee-dame

Exactly. Generally the “major” form had a 30% death rate! (NOW THAT’S A DEATH RATE!)

People will want to use this as an example of how imperative it is we get vaxed - for a measly 1% death rate disease.


12 posted on 12/01/2021 3:10:20 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: nickcarraway
Earth to MSN: The smallpox vaccine worked. The COVID stuff is not a vaccine and seems to have the reliability of a malaise era GM car. I got both shots, and did still get COVID (and I'm an old fart). Was it the shot? Or was I just lucky? Don't know. It was comparable to a pretty bad cold, and I did lost my sense of taste/smell for a few weeks. In any case, I thankfully chose to get it before I had seen the 1,025,789 reversals done by Falsie Fauci and heard the jokes of reasoning coming from you media idiots. Shove it, shove it deep, and shove it often. However, thanks to the corrupt and not even close to first grade science knowledge media, no one believes you clowns any more.
13 posted on 12/01/2021 3:10:34 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Edward Jenner... the first patient was inoculated in 1757.
14 posted on 12/01/2021 3:12:53 PM PST by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: nickcarraway

Karen the Great


15 posted on 12/01/2021 3:13:33 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: nickcarraway

“her struggle against fear and misinformation about immunization among the public”

Oh good God. Yup, they have to tie it in with this miniscule disease. Or rather the HYSTERIA.


16 posted on 12/01/2021 3:16:02 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: shadowlands1960

Thanks - knew it was a J but couldn’t get it.


17 posted on 12/01/2021 3:18:12 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: KC_Conspirator

Nah, she had good reason.

But comparing smallpox to this disease is insane.

But then, all is insane now.


18 posted on 12/01/2021 3:18:48 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Bishop_Malachi

George Washington while on campaign was inoculated and insisted his household were all treated too.


19 posted on 12/01/2021 3:46:23 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: nickcarraway

Urged not mandated

She was anti-vaxx since it was not mandatory


20 posted on 12/01/2021 3:47:22 PM PST by jrestrepo (Now I am an insurgent. Starve the beast (any way possible) )
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