Sylvia Valentine discusses smallpox, inoculation and those that opposed compulsory vaccination in this highly topical episode of #TwiceRemoved.

What was smallpox? How dangerous was it? How was inoculation developed and how risky was it?! How did the government try to enforce inoculation and how did our ancestors react?

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