[Publius]

His book on the French Revolution, Citizens, is a masterpiece.

[ClearCase_guy]

He is a good writer. But I think he’s on the Left. Any decent book about vaccines would have to emphasize that the COVID jab does NOT fit the traditional definition of vaccine. If his book doesn’t point that out, then he’s pushing the Narrative.

[katana]

This conflicts in timing (1796) with the well known story of Benjamin Franklin being vaccinated against smallpox via the same method, but deciding against having it done to his small son. The boy later died of smallpox and Franklin regretted his decision for the rest of his life. So that type of crude vaccination existed decades before 1796.

The mother of his other son, who grew up to be governor of New Jersey and a loyalist during the revolution, was not Franklin's wife. It was never recorded who the mother was, but that son was raised in Franklin's household. He was the little boy pictured in the famous painting of the kite/key/lightning experiment.