Rio’s Vaccine Revolt was more complicated than a simple battle between science and ignorance.
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Rio’s Vaccine Revolt was more complicated than a simple battle between science and ignorance.
Smallpox vaccination saved lives, but compulsory vaccination was imposed amid forced urban redevelopment and police intrusion into working-class homes.
In 1904, justified medicine became inseparable from an unjust exercise of power—and Rio erupted.
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