Edward Jenner, known for creating the smallpox vaccine, also vaccinated his own son without any negative effects. His son, Robert, lived a healthy life and died years later from tuberculosis, not vaccine-related damage. This debunks the myth that his son suffered from vaccine reactions. The smallpox vaccine was a safer option compared to traditional variolation.
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Hundreds of people got safely inoculated against smallpox and left their names on Hospital Rock near Farmington, Connecticut just before Edward Jenner discovered the first smallpox vaccine.
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John Birch was one of the first anti-vaccinationists and fought against Edward Jenner’s new small pox vaccine.
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Benjamin Franklin regretted that he had not protected his son against smallpox by having him inoculated. He died with smallpox when he was just four years old..
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