New York City’s Smallpox Scare
In 1947, New York City’s health commissioner, Dr. Israel Weinstein, denied the “crackpot” rumors about the smallpox vaccination, which rolled out to more than six million New Yorkers over the course of a month.
May 24, 1947
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