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  • (1946) Smallpox epidemic still haunts doctors

    03/05/2003 9:45:42 PM PST · by Paleo Conservative · 29 replies · 467+ views
    Seattle Times ^ | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 | By Warren King, Seattle Times medical reporter
    In 1946, a smallpox outbreak shook Seattle. Citizens lined up at businesses, schools and even churches for the vaccine. Today, the doctors who helped quell the outbreak want everyone vaccinated in case of a terrorist attack. As a combat medic in the Philippine jungles during World War II, David Hurlbut saw his share of horror in broken, bullet-riddled bodies. None of it was worse than the face of smallpox, which he saw on a troop ship coming home to Seattle.