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The Original Anti-Vaxxer

More Perfect by WNYC Studios

Jul 27, 202300:40:57History

In 1902, a Swedish-American pastor named Henning Jacobson refused to get the smallpox vaccine. This launched a chain of events leading to two landmark Supreme Court cases, in which the Court considered the balancing act...

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The Original Anti-Vaxxer is an episode from More Perfect by WNYC Studios. In 1902, a Swedish-American pastor named Henning Jacobson refused to get the smallpox vaccine. This launched a chain of events leading to two landmark Supreme Court c...

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