Smallpox wasn't cured until 1950ish. But USA was not shut down from 1917 to 1950

Well, they weren’t pussies

There was a vaccine for smallpox by then. The smallpox vaccine was invented by 1800.

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Smallpox wasn't cured until 1950ish. But USA was not shut down from 1917 to 1950

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The first smallpox vaccine in North America was given in 1798.

Unvaccinated people kept the disease alive for over 150 more years until the vaccine eradicated it in the US in 1949.

Well hopefully it won’t take until 2050 to get rid of this virus which is communism

I wouldn't say smallpox is a good comparison because, as mentioned, there was inoculations for it dating back centuries, it's nowhere near as transmissible and yet:

1. There were still forced vaccinations. Jacobson v Mass: LINK /

2. There were also shutdowns. LINK

You could also look at influenza in 1918, a far more comparable virus in terms of transmissibility. LINK

In both cases there were shutdowns, mask mandates, forced vaccination and widespread quarantine.

There were over 1,000 cases of smallpox in the US as late as 1940, but the smallpox vaccine was available and was widely employed. In fact, the smallpox vaccine had been available since 1798!

America averaged about 50 smallpox deaths a year before the vaccine campaign came out in the 60s


Only 50 deaths a year and yet Americans lined up and took the vaccine that was far more dangerous than the current vaccine. Not sure what OPs point was