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    You are hereJenner tests vaccinationMay 14, 1796
    1980Smallpox is eradicated Influence 1346Siege of Caffa Shared thread 1798An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae Shared thread 1348Black Death Shared thread 2020COVID-19 pandemic Shared thread AD 541Plague of Justinian Shared thread

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    Jenner tests vaccination

    Two cuts, each about half an inch long, rubbed with matter from a sore on a dairymaid's hand. The protection test came 48 days later.

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